Metacity button layout

[paul_in_london]

This is really just a note to self.

I recently needed to move the window buttons back to the left and I couldn't remember how to do it.

I think it was the third of these commands that did the trick for gnome classic (no effects) - i.e. metacity:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.overrides button-layout 'close,minimize,maximize:'
gconftool --type string --set /desktop/gnome/shell/windows/button_layout "close,minimize,maximize:"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout close,minimize,maximize:

And for cinnamon:

gsettings set org.cinnamon.overrides button-layout 'close,minimize,maximize:'

[serdotlinecho]

Try dconf-tools, navigate to this path > org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences

[paul_in_london]

Try dconf-tools, navigate to this path > org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences

Thanks - yes, I think I did that at the time as well.