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?
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?
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.
There are many window border themes in Ubuntu, some of which nearly don't have a border at all. Try one of these.
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.