Comments on: HowTo: Swap the window gadgets back to the right side of the window in Ubuntu Lucid.

By: Qusai Abu Hilal

Qusai Abu Hilal — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:44:58 +0000

Well, actually it is because I like it very much…
The reason is, it has space between the window border and the close button X so that I will not close the window accidentally.
The rest also will make space between minimize and maximize…

It is very very nice and it return the
(menu o) back so that you will not need to use keyboard..

And this is the code:

gconftool-2 -s /apps/metacity/general/button_layout -t string menu:minimize,spacer,maximize,spacer,close,spacer

By: David

David — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:02:34 +0000

The spacer is there so that Close is not completely next to any other button, thus preventing accidentally closing the window when trying to maximize or minimize it. And, yes, it does look awful. Yet another bug in the new themes.

By: HyRax

HyRax — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:34:37 +0000

I’ve noticed the recent updates now substitute the bitmap so you can happily change the order of the buttons now without it looking ugly, but the spacer is awful – why would you use that?

By: Qusai Abu Hilal

Qusai Abu Hilal — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:18:14 +0000

It is here !

gconftool-2 -s /apps/metacity/general/button_layout -t string “menu:minimize,maximize,spacer,close,spacer”

By: HyRax

HyRax — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:16:25 +0000

Yeah, I was debating the idea of writing about that too, but saw the drama with the bitmaps, so I abandoned it.

By: Menthu Rae

Menthu Rae — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:41:10 +0000

There is however still the issue of the button order, as by default (due to being “Designed” for the LHS) it is now Max/Min/Close.

However, in previous versions of Ubuntu it was Min/Max/Close.

Note however, that if you correct this – via:

$ gconftool -s /apps/metacity/general/button_layout -t string “:minimize,maximize,close”

Then you will have bloody ugly buttons since the recess and gradient surrounding them was designed for the LHS layout…

By: HyRax

HyRax — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:59:02 +0000

Hmmm. Can’t say I’ve tried. I’ll look into that one.

However even if we can change it, there is a new issue with the graphic design of the Lucid buttons. There will be a visible gap in the graphic between the buttons.

By: blinky

blinky — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:22:11 +0000

Thanks for that tip.
Do you know if you can add a “space” between any of the buttons?
Such as a space between “X” close and the others, so you don’t bump the close when maximizing.