14.04 Window Management Buttons

[Jared Norris]

On 6 May 2014 21:00, GaryTaig <taig at melbpc.org.au> wrote:

> On 04/05/14 06:37, Sajan Parikh wrote:
>
>> On 05/03/2014 03:33 PM, Sajan Parikh wrote:
>>
>>> Install 'Unity Tweak Tool' from the software center, or run 'sudo
>>> apt-get install unity-tweak-tool' from the terminal.
>>>
>>> Once installed, open it up and and go to Appearance -> Window
>>> Controls, it's one of the only 2 settings there.
>>>
>>> http://i.sajan.io/1399149191.png
>>>
>>> Unity Tweak Tool also has a bunch of other cool things you can
>>> configure.  Hotcorners are a must for me.
>>>
>>> Sajan Parikh
>>>
>>
>> So, I didn't actually test this before posting.  Turns out, because of
>> the new window decorations in the Unity shipped with 14.04, this is
>> actually no longer possible.
>>
>> Sorry.
>>
>
> Thanks for responding, Sajan.
>
> Does anyone monitor this list?  Surely someone from Canonical keeps track
> of feedback.  Can someone answer the question, "Is there an editor (or some
> other method) that enables setting the location of the Window Management
> Buttons?"
>
> If not, is it planned?
>
> These things are important. Just like a marriage can survive major
> indiscretions and yet will often fail on simple everyday things, software
> designers must pay attention to simple needs. Maintaining consistency is a
> major need. I hope this one has simply been missed from the Help file.
>
> Many thanks
>
> GaryT
>

Hello Gary

This list is a community list supported by volunteers. As far as I'm aware
it's not actively monitored by any Canonical staff as part of their day to
day role. We do get a number of staff posting from time to time but
generally in their spare time as a community member rather than as a
Canonical employee.

As for your issue, the core of the matter is it's been a design issue not
to allow this behaviour from what I can work out reading a number of sites
around on the internet, so no, currently I don't think this is a planned
feature.

Should you wish to have your feature request heard by the developers the
usual manner in doing this is by raising a bug against the Unity package.
There is a brief discussion on how best to do this already on askubuntu [1].

[1]
http://askubuntu.com/questions/2345/where-to-file-bugs-wishlist-for-unity

Regards,

Jared Norris
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarednorris
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