Ubuntu 10.04 – Move close/maximise/minimise buttons to the right-hand corner of the window (GNOME desktop environment)

Now that I’ve moved the close button to the right of the maximise and minimise buttons, I want to move all three buttons to the right-hand side of the window.

On the computer I don’t care about messing up, I’m trying ubuntu-tweak which I saw mentioned on the Ubuntu forums.

Here’s what worked for me.

I went to http://ubuntu-tweak.com/ and clicked the big button on the left hand side of the page to download and install the latest version of ubuntu-tweak (version 0.5.4.1). Ubuntu automagically gave me the option to install; it was quite a painless procedure.

Once installed, I could access ubuntu-tweak by navigating to:

Applications -> System Tools -> Ubuntu Tweak.

To move the close/maximise/minimise buttons to the right-hand side of the window in a GNOME desktop environment, find:

Desktop -> Window Manager Settings

on the tree view on the left. Click on:

Window Manager Settings.

There, right at the top, in all its glory, sits

Window Titlebar Button Layout

and the choice of “Place”. Click the radiobutton to select

Right

and viola! Life is a better place in which to live. I feel so much better now.

(This seems to sort out the position of the close button in relation to the maximise/minimise buttons as well, so the previous post is unnecessary.)

Note: I’ve never used ubuntu-tweak before so can’t make any guarantees about its safety, reliability, compatibility, etc. As stated before, I’m trying it out on a computer that I’m happy to mess around with.