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Ubuntu 10.04 change menu button alignments

To move the menu buttons to the right side. Open gconf-editor

  • apps
    • Metacity
      • general“ → button_layout = “menu:minimize,maximize,close”

Move Ubuntu desktop window control buttons to the right: 

gconftool-2 --set "/apps/metacity/general/button_layout" --type string "menu:minimize,maximize,close"

Switch back to desktop window control buttons to the left: 

gconftool-2 --set "/apps/metacity/general/button_layout" --type string "close,minimize,maximize:"

Ref: http://www.linuxlookup.com/howto/move_ubuntu_window_control_buttons_left_right_side

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blog/ubuntu_10.04_change_menu_button_alignments.txt · Last modified: 2011-07-03 07:35 by brb