How to move the window control buttons in 18.04 [duplicate]

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I have recently updated Ubuntu to 18.04, and my window control buttons have changed from left to right (in user perspective).

Are there any ways to change it back to the way it was in 16.04 or earlier versions?

@pomsky that is for earlier version, i need a permanent solution for 18.04 — Amutheezan, May 14, 2018 at 11:45
Who said that won't work in 18.04? Have you tried any of the solutions at all? Run this command in Terminal: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout 'close,minimize,maximize:'. — pomsky, May 14, 2018 at 11:51
FYI this doesn't work for me on 18.04. Gives an error message which can be fixed by adding export GIO_EXTRA_MODULES=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules/ to .bashrc file. After adding the GIO_EXTRA_MODULES location the above command then works correctly. Per this question: stackoverflow.com/questions/44934641/… — Reilstein, Dec 7, 2018 at 23:11

Zanna · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-15 06:48:29Z

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You can use GNOME Tweak Tool.

Install it by running

sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool

in the terminal. Or search for it in Ubuntu Software by typing gnome tweaks.

Go to Windows and look under Titlebar Buttons

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answered May 14, 2018 at 15:07

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