Questions tagged [window-buttons]
Window Buttons are the buttons at the top of the windows that close, minimize, and maximize the current window. The red X closes a window, the minus sign minimizes, and the rectangle maximizes.
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How to bring back minimize and maximize buttons in Gnome 3
I have recently installed Ubuntu Gnome which has the latest version of Gnome 3 running on it, and I have noticed that on windows there are no minimize buttons, and no maximize buttons, although I can ...
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How to switch window controls to the left (Gnome Shell)?
Is there a way to the switch gnome-shell window buttons to the left? I've gotten so used to them being on the left that them being on the right has thrown me way off.
(gnome shell has them defaulted ...
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How do I add minimize / maximize buttons to GNOME shell windows?
Just installed Ubuntu 12.04, then I did
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
and windows have only a close button, how can I enable minimize / maximize? The old gconf-editor doesn't seem to work cause ...
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How do I move the Window buttons from left to right? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I move all the window controls to the right?
How can I move the window buttons to the right?
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How to close, minimize, and maximize a specified window from Terminal?
I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18 and I am wondering if there is a way from Terminal to close, minimize, unminimize, maximize, and unmaximize specified windows?
Note - I've looked at ...
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Can I hide the Firefox title bar AND still see the close/minimize/maximize icons?
I am using Ubuntu 18.04. I realize with GNOME, or its extensions, I can do things like hide the title bar. However, I want to hide the title bar and still see the windows management icons like on Mac ...
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Window title-bars missing occasionally in Unity
window (title and icon) sometimes doesn't appear. As a solution to this, I have to logout and login again. Is there something wrong with my system? How to make sure that this doesn't happen again?
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How to switch the window buttons to the left in Cinnamon?
I tried Ubuntu Tweak and dconf-editor but nothing seemed to help. Perhaps if there is an extension for the same, please share if you happen to know this or any other workaround.
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Window Controls moved to right hand side [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I move all the window controls to the right?
without realising, the Windows Controls (max, min, close) have been moved to the right hand side without me realising. I ...
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How to place window controls in chromium/chrome to the left side?
Anyone knows how to do it?
It doesn't inherits openbox's settings so i tried advices, related to other unity/gnome (maybe chrom* inherits it):
$ gconftool-2 --get /apps/metacity/general/button_layout
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How can I move Chrome's buttons to the right in Gnome3's Shell
I switched from Unity to Gnome Shell in Ubuntu. Now Chrome has the buttons on the left side, but I want them on the right. How can I fix this without switching to the system titlebar?
I also tried ...
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How come all my window buttons are right aligned, but chrome buttons are on the left?
I am wondering why chrome close/maximize buttons are aligned to the left while all the buttons are aligned to the right. The truth is that the chrome buttons are right aligned too when in the chrome ...
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How can I move the Exit, Maximize, Minimize buttons to the left in Kubuntu?
I want to move exit, maximize, and minimize button to the left like I can do in Ubuntu 11.10. How to do it?
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How to put the windows close button on the right?
I'm used to the close button in the upper right corner as in MS Windows. How to put it there?
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How do I move the window buttons back to the right for all users?
I know I can edit gconf to move the [Minimize,Maximize,Close] buttons back to the right-hand side, but is there a way to do this for all users?
Ideally at install time so I don't have to explain this ...
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How can I get bigger window buttons in unity ?
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 with unity. I would like to have bigger window buttons (close, maximize, minimize) in unity (theme Ambiance or Radiance). I am using Ubuntu on a touchscreen with my fingers and ...
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Can I get an always-on-top button in windows' titlebar (alongside with minimize/maximize/close buttons)?
I use to use always-on-top windows frequently and make them such by setting the option in windows' right click menu. Can I get this option closer, right in windows' titlebar alongside with minimize/...
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Expand window to free space on screen in KDE
I am using Kubuntu, and I want to expand the current window to the free space on the screen. To say it more precisely: I want to make the current window as big as possible without overlapping new ...
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Terminal icon in window titlebar is stretched out over window control buttons
A while ago I upgraded from Ubuntu 17.04 to Ubuntu 17.10 and everything is working fine except for the fact that the icon in the window title bar of my Terminal seems to be stretched out to some ...
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How Do I remove minimize, maximize, and close buttons in Ubuntu 18.04?
I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04. Previously in GNOME 3, the minimize, maximize, and close buttons never appeared on any of my applications, such as Chromium Browser and Emacs. These buttons annoy me ...
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How can I always show the close, minimise & maximise buttons into their own windows?
Ubuntu 11.10 hides the close, min and max buttons in the top panel. Is there a way to bring all that back into the actual window and not in the panel?
Not just the buttons, but also the File, Edit ...
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How do you change Window Control Position in the Unity Panel?
Currently, my window decorations are in the top left as per the default Ubuntu, but I have reordered them to "Minimize, Maximize, Close"
However on Unity Desktop, when I maximize my window, and the ...
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Resize the window control buttons (close, restore, maximize)
How can I change the size of the close/restore/maximize/minimize buttons of the windows?
They are too small for me. With a big monitor, it's difficult to position the mouse over them.
Is there a ...
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Ubuntu 23.04 close not working
I am unable to close programs on Ubuntu 23.04. I cannot see any change when hovering over the minimize, maximize and close buttons. When I try to click the close button nothing happens.
Here are my ...
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No Title Bar button to close window Ubuntu 18.04
Since upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 from Ubuntu 16.04, the titlebar buttons on the upper left corner of the window for closing, minimizing and maximizing windows have vanished.
Then I went to GNOME ...
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Align window buttons to the right in GNOME fallback mode?
There have been many a question on how to do it with gconf-editor in < 11.10, but how can I align the window buttons (close, minimize and maximize) to the right in Ubuntu 11.10?
Please close if it'...
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How to change the order of the OK/Cancel buttons?
I'm new in Ubuntu. So far, I used only Windows. In Ubuntu irritates me order of dialog buttons: OK / Cancel. In Windows OK button is first and Cancel is second button. In Ubuntu it is vice versa. How ...
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How to have the "close", "maximize" and "minimize" buttons on the left in google-chrome in kde
I would like to achieve what I was able to do in Ubuntu.
I've now switched to KDE and would like to have the buttons on the left hand side.
I have already set it for the "native" windows and they ...
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Change color of window buttons
Is it possible to change the window button color of the close, minimise and maximise buttons of the Ambience theme from orange to an user defined color? I tried to find anything relavant in the gtkrc, ...
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How do I hide/disable close buttons for GNOME windows?
I am using the Pixel Saver extension for GNOME Shell, similar to the old Maximus extension for GNOME 2 / Unity. When I maximise a window, the title and menu bars are hidden.
But I don't want the ...
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How to add buttons in Glade and resize
Trying to create the framework for a calculator.
I add the window
I add the vbox using 2 boxes. 1 for the display, the other for the buttons
When I add 1 button it fills the entire panel and I can't ...
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Only close button shows up in Google Chrome in GNOME Shell
After I installed the GNOME shell in Ubuntu, I decided that I didn't like having the "Close/Minimize/Maximize" buttons on the right, so I switched them over to the left using
gconftool-2 --set "/...
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How can I always show the close, minimise and maximise buttons on their windows and keep global menus?
First, this is not a duplicate of
How can I always show the close, minimise & maximise buttons into their own windows?
- I would like to preserve global menus.
Is there a way to only always show ...
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How can I disable the minimize button?
When I accidentally minimize windows in Unity it's so hard to find them I usually don't even bother and just open a new one instead.
How can I get rid of that terrible button so I don't ever click it ...
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How can I hide the decoration of maximized windows?
I just added the Window Buttons applet to my panel, but it seems that the Hide Compiz decorations for maximized windows feature no longer works after my upgrade to Natty. Is there another way to ...
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How do I move "Application menu" within the widows title bar on the left side while "minimize, maximize, close" buttons are placed on the right side?
I'm looking for a way to move the application menu in the window's title bar on the left side as it is illustrated on the next image.
Optionally, I will be happy if there is some way to force such ...
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Is there a way to remove maximized window controls/title from top panel in Unity
Cramming window controls and window title into the top panel, doesn't really appeal to me, since it looks like it's a permanent fixture, I'm wondering if there is a way to disable this behavior.
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How do I move application menu on windows to left side in Ubuntu 18.10/18.04?
I have disabled application menu from top bar using Tweaks. Now the application menu shows on the right side of the application window. I want to move it to left side.
How do I do it?
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How to increase the size of window buttons on Ubuntu?
I have found settings to only increase the launcher size. Could anyone help me in increasing the size of window-buttons (minimize, maximize and close buttons) on Ubuntu (if possible titlebar size too)?...
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Nautilus window buttons disappear when maximized [closed]
On a freshly updated Ubuntu 18.04 (Gnome 3.28.2), I used Gnome tweak tools to move window buttons to the left ('close,maximize,minimize:'). All applications seem fine, except Nautilus where the ...
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How can I get the buttons back on the left side in GNOME? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to switch window controls to the left?
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 along with Gnome 3.2. Under Gnome 3.2, the window buttons for closing, minimizing and restoring are on the ...
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What's the button on the left corner of a XFCE4 window
I'm using xfce4 and my theme is orchis-dark. I was always wondering about a select button on the left corner of my window.
You can see the button in the following screenshots:
What does it do?
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How do I force Chromium's window buttons to the right side when in GNOME?
I prefer Gnome Shell as a DE. The migration from Unity to Gnome Shell in 11.10 is flawless but there is an annoying bug with Chromium. The buttons on Chromium stay on the left side where Gnome Shell ...
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How do I move window buttons to the left in Budgie
For a more consistent user experience between the different Ubuntu DEs I would like to have my windows buttons on the left side in Ubuntu Budgie.
Apparently the corresponding dconf key has no effect:
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Title bar settings missing in GNOME Tweaks on Ubuntu 20.04
I tried to move my "close, minimise and maximise" to the right + add the macOS theme to it. However, I have not been able to find any settings for that. In GNOME Tweaks > Windows the settings to put ...
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Always show Close/Minimize/Maximize buttons (Unity)
There are a few questions about "showing buttons" but these are not what I want. Here's the System Settings's window buttons as it has always been.
And here's what I want in all windows. For example, ...
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How to resize a window when the bottom right is not visible?
I am trying to change the default pdf viewer on my Kile Latex frontend. When I reach Settings ▸ Configure - Kile ▸ Tools ▸ Build ▸ ViewPDF I am able to make the appropriate change.
Unfortunately, in ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS highlight color for dialog buttons is too little visible
In Ubuntu 18.04 LTS it's so difficult to see which button is the current selection in a dialog window, because it's too little visible the color highlight.
Using the mouse it's easy, but moving ...
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Window-manager (close,minimize,maximize) buttons does not appear when window is maximized
My PC is fairly old and the hardware is quite weak, but it runs unity 2D quite well and fast. But I have this only one problem. The close/minimize,maximize buttons dont appear When I open a ...
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How to make changes in gconf-editor permanent
Every time I open my computer, I need to manually unset the value of button_layout in gconf-editor in /apps/metacity/general to make to the close, minimize and maximize buttons on the right side of ...
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