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    How to move minimize, maximize and close to the right?

    ubuntu 12.04lts.
    how to move icons minimize, maximize and close to the right?
    on ubuntu 10.04lts it can be done like this http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/13535...-ubuntu-10.04/
    Thanks.

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    Re: How to move minimize, maximize and close to the right?

    Hi,

    I didn't try this, but quick googling gave this:

    http://alexsleat.co.uk/2012/04/11/ub...-to-the-right/

    Regards,
    ksprasad

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    Re: How to move minimize, maximize and close to the right?

    Depending on what desktop environment you're using you may find step #6 here helpful:

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1966370

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    Re: How to move minimize, maximize and close to the right?

    Quote Originally Posted by ksprasad View Post
    Hi,

    I didn't try this, but quick googling gave this:

    http://alexsleat.co.uk/2012/04/11/ub...-to-the-right/

    Regards,
    ksprasad
    Thanks for answering I would prefer a solution that is using the
    gconf-editor.

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    Re: How to move minimize, maximize and close to the right?

    So lets say I do this cause I do prefer them on the right, but in Unity does that mean when I maximize them that it will still go on the right near the chat icon? Has anyone done this?

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    Re: How to move minimize, maximize and close to the right?

    Quote Originally Posted by DMGrier View Post
    So lets say I do this cause I do prefer them on the right, but in Unity does that mean when I maximize them that it will still go on the right near the chat icon? Has anyone done this?
    One can make them go to the right after changing some settings in gconf-editor,but that will be applicable only while the app window is not maximized.
    Maximizing the application window will shift all 3 again to unity's top panel on the left.This is the default behaviour in unity and thus far,there is no work-around for it.

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    Thumbs up Re: How to move minimize, maximize and close to the right?

    Try this in terminal-

    Code:
    gconftool-s/
    apps/
    met>gconftool-
    s/apps/
    met>gconftool-
    s/apps/metacity/
    general/
    button_layout-t
    string
    menu:minimize,maximize,close
    this makes buttons move to right side in correct order.
    hope this helps.
    good luck.

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    Re: How to move minimize, maximize and close to the right?

    Thank you for the answers. I went with gconftool-2 --set "/apps/metacity/general/button_layout" --type string ":minimize,maximize,close"
    And it worked.

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