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Vladimir Pavic
December 25th, 2012, 06:08 AM
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
December 25th, 2012, 06:13 AM
Perhaps this will help, if not I'll try to figure something out for you.

http://www.lubuntutips.com/2012/07/moving-close-maximize-and-minimize.html#.UNk1dflx0y0

Vladimir Pavic
December 25th, 2012, 07:02 AM
Hm. This may work in Lubuntu, but I have Ubuntu 12.04.

vasa1
December 25th, 2012, 07:19 AM
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
December 25th, 2012, 07:22 AM
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
December 25th, 2012, 07:40 AM
Hm. This may work in Lubuntu, but I have Ubuntu 12.04.

I have removed the "lubuntu" tag for you.

TOMBSTONEV2
December 25th, 2012, 08:14 AM
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/ppaFollowed by
sudo apt-get updateAnd finally

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweakFor 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
December 25th, 2012, 10:24 AM
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
December 25th, 2012, 10:40 AM
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
December 25th, 2012, 03:37 PM
Thank you (and others). It works!