One of the most annoying things about Ubuntu is probably the ~3-5-pixel border distance between the buttons on the title bar and the top and right sides of the window.
Is there any way to reduce that to zero?
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Why is it annoying?– user unknownJul 15, 2011 at 5:43
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2@user unknown: See this (search for "pixel") and this.– user541686Jul 15, 2011 at 5:54
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1@Mehrdad: those articles are an interesting read. I'm guessing you're looking for a theme similar to Clearlooks, with the buttons extended to the top and right edges of their window, in an Ubuntu Classic session with the top panel removed?– Knowledge CubeJul 15, 2011 at 12:31
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@Warrioring64: You read my mind! Yes.– user541686Jul 15, 2011 at 14:42
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Okay, I found part of the solution:
Go open /usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/metacity-1/metacity-theme-1.xml and modify the right="1" top="2" values in the line saying
<frame_geometry name="normal" ...>
...
<border name="button_border" left="1" right="1" top="2" bottom="1"/>
</frame_geometry>
This fixes the button issues.
However, this does NOT work for the title bar frame! If I go to the top of a maximized window's title bar and double-click it, it doesn't toggle the maximization. I need to move down the mouse by a few pixels to do that.
If anyone knows how to fix that part as well, that'd be great! Otherwise this is my best answer so far.
answered Jul 15, 2011 at 16:04
There are many window border themes in Ubuntu, some of which nearly don't have a border at all. Try one of these.
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The New Wave theme is the first one that comes to mind for me. Jul 15, 2011 at 12:28
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Yeah but they're ugly. :( (And besides, New Wave still has a border on the right side.) Any way to do this with ClearLooks? Jul 15, 2011 at 14:46
The Adwaita theme for GNOME Shell seemed to me like it would be what you're looking for, and after a quick search on gnome-look.org I found a GTK 2.x version of it. Note that you will need the Equinox GTK+ theming engine installed for it to look right, but it's easy enough to find in the Ubuntu Software Center.
answered Jul 15, 2011 at 12:41
