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can not configure metacity window button anymore

Asked by funicorn

just upgraded to unity 6.6.0 on Ubuntu 12.10 amd64. Unity window button cannot be configured like before.
It's used to be done through gconf-editor or gsettings.

Actually I read through the unity upgrade changelog, and see some key words about how unity has transited
its conf data from here to there blabla.

But however you change your conf framework, you have to make sure the real settings are transited, not only the codes!

So could you please teach me how to set the window button from top-left to top-right, which is obviously accepted
by most users as human-preferred ? and how to hide the 'maximize' and 'minimize' button, if possible ?

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funicorn (funicorn) said : 		#1

just upgraded to unity 6.6.0 on Ubuntu 12.10 amd64. Unity window button cannot be configured like before.
It's used to be done through gconf-editor or gsettings.

Actually I read through the unity upgrade changelog, and see some key words about how unity has transited
its conf data from here to there blabla.

But however you change your conf framework, you have to make sure the real settings are transited, not only the codes!

So could you please teach me how to set the window button from top-left to top-right, which is obviously accepted
by most users as human-preferred ? and how to hide the 'maximize' and 'minimize' button, if possible ?

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) said : 		#2

Try this:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ':close'

And to revert back to the Unity defaults:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout 'close,minimize,maximize:'

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