Window button location

Graham Watkins shellycat.gw at ntlworld.com
Sun Oct 16 08:53:35 UTC 2011


On 16/10/11 09:51, Graham Watkins wrote:
> On 16/10/11 08:19, chris wrote:
>> On Sun, 2011-10-16 at 01:18 -0400, Doug wrote:
>>> On 10/16/2011 12:41 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>>>> I seem to recall that there was a thread or two on the location of
>>>> buttons on windows when 11.04 came out, for those of us who did not
>>>> qualify for unity and were left in gnome.
>>>> I've finally realized I'll never be at peace with buttons in the upper
>>>> left, but I could not find the thread with a solution.  Or the
>>>> solution got lost in all the noise, so I didn't notice.  Or, most
>>>> likely of all, I'm compeletely incompetent at searching.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone help me find it?
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
>>>>
>>> This url doesn't say what version it addresses, but since it's command
>>> line, it might work regardless.
>>> It's worth a try:
>>>
>>> http://semakness.blogspot.com/2011/05/ubuntu-tips-and-tricks-to-move-window.html 
>>>
>>>
>>> --doug
>> If you choose clearlooks as a theme then the buttons are back on the
>> right side.
>>
>>
> This page has helped me move the buttons to where I want them.
>
> Although it refers to an earlier version of Ubuntu, I see no reason to 
> suppose that it should not still work.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Graham
>
>
Sorry, forgot to include the link.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/13535/move-window-buttons-back-to-the-right-in-ubuntu-10.04/

Cheers,

Graham




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