Switching position of buttons

[Vladimir Pavic]

Dear friends,

Is there any possible way I could switch the position of buttons on the top of the screen? I want to have minimise/maximise/close buttons on the right side and the rest of the commands on the left, as I have shown on the attached picture (which I manipulated by GIMP).

Thank you.

[TOMBSTONEV2]

Perhaps this will help, if not I'll try to figure something out for you.

http://www.lubuntutips.com/2012/07/m...l#.UNk1dflx0y0

[Vladimir Pavic]

Hm. This may work in Lubuntu, but I have Ubuntu 12.04.

[vasa1]

Hm. This may work in Lubuntu, but I have Ubuntu 12.04.

But your post has been tagged as Lubuntu hence the confusion.

IMO, it's a forum bug because it happens quite often.

[vasa1]

And, with reference to your image, it is possible in Ubuntu to switch the min/max/close buttons around but I don't think you'll be able to move the other ones, the panel icons, at all.

[lisati]

Hm. This may work in Lubuntu, but I have Ubuntu 12.04.

I have removed the "lubuntu" tag for you.

[TOMBSTONEV2]

For ubuntu 12.04; There is a tool called ubuntu tweak, that does this.

To install ubuntu tweak in 12.04:
In terminal paste/type

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa

Followed by

sudo apt-get update

And finally

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

For ubuntu 12.10 you can use this command to switch the buttons:
In terminal type:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout  ':minimize,maximize,close'

A program called dconf-editor will achieve this in 12.10 to install it open the software centre and search dconf. Then select dconf Editor > install it.
(I added this for the 12.10 users who may come across this)

[Vladimir Pavic]

I have got Ubuntu Tweak. So, what exactly am I supposed to do?
Never mind the panel icons. If I could move max/min/close buttrons to the right - that would be great!

[zombifier25]

You can't actually modify the Unity panel, but you can modify the buttons on the title bar.

Open Ubuntu Tweak, go to Tweaks > Windows, then choose "Right".

[Vladimir Pavic]

Thank you (and others). It works!