change metacity button

[lizardking]

I found a tutorial to change metacity window button position (minimize,maximize, colse) from the right position to the left position like window of macOSx

Question: the buttons for the window border being on the left,
is that a theme thing or can that be configured somewhere?

Answer: ( original tutorial by -fissy. )

using the "run program" action or a terminal, start gconf by typing:

gconf-editor

and hitting enter.

This program is a bit like the registry editor for windows.

In the tree on the left you need to go to /apps/metacity/general/

There is then a key in the right pane called "button_layout"

edit this key so that it reads:

CODE
close,minimize,maximize:menu

or
CODE
close,maximize,minimize:menu

I hope that it will useful...

[bored2k]

I found a tutorial to change metacity window button position (minimize,maximize, colse) from the right position to the left position like window of macOSx

Question: the buttons for the window border being on the left,
is that a theme thing or can that be configured somewhere?

Answer: ( original tutorial by -fissy. )

using the "run program" action or a terminal, start gconf by typing:

gconf-editor

and hitting enter.

This program is a bit like the registry editor for windows.

In the tree on the left you need to go to /apps/metacity/general/

There is then a key in the right pane called "button_layout"

edit this key so that it reads:

CODE
close,minimize,maximize:menu

or
CODE
close,maximize,minimize:menu

I hope that it will useful...

Cool.

Its a little awkward though, but its cool for PowerPC users. Again, I used to think I would never use an upper panel, and thats not the case with g-nome huh?

[mtcycler]

It works in 10.04 alpha 3 too...

[Cuppa-Chino]

Very true, especially note the colon position for the placement wrt to the corners!