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Cannot find a way to change the window border.

Asked by Nicholas Omann

This is serously the silliest problem I have had with gnome. I cannot find a single way to change the window border. I know that there should be a tab in Preferences > Theme > Customize but i only have three tabs there (Control, Colors, Icons). I have been using KDE for along time and have just recently switched over to Gnome and this is really bothering me as i tried to install a alt Window Border and since then i have been forced to use Emerald to change my window border.

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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said : 		#1

Here is a screencast showing some things with the ubuntu Desktop: http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Customising_Ubuntu_Desktop

and here are some hotwtos https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuEyeCandy

I hope this helps

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Nicholas Omann (alphacluster) said : 		#2

Nether of those help. My problem is that when i select a new theme the window border does not change at all it just stays the same.

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Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m) said : 		#3

There should be 4 tabs in the Themes > Customize thing: controls, colors, window borders, icons. I guess you're using Feisty because "colors" wasn't an option in Edgy. Maybe certain themes don't have that tab in that window, but I would think it'd be there all the time. What theme are you trying to modify?

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Nicholas Omann (alphacluster) said : 		#4

See I thought that is how its supposed to be as well but it looks like this http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/Alpha_Cluster/Screenshot-ThemeDetails.png
I have no idea why this and I am wondering if i need to maybe reinstall?

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Best Adam Smith (adamtropics) said : 		#5

You're using beryl or compiz. A slightly crappy way around this is to select metacity as window manager, then change the theme, then select beryl/compiz again with gtk manager/heliodor as window decorator, and it will stick. Not at all ideal, but it should work. Does here.

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Nicholas Omann (alphacluster) said : 		#6

Thanks adam.tropics, that solved my question.