August 19, 2014

Change Button-layout In Freya Beta 1


Right click in your Home directory and choose Create New File > Empty File.

Name it e.g. button-layout.

Open file with Scratch and paste the following lines :

#!/bin/bash
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides "{'Gtk/DecorationLayout': <'"$1"'>}"
gsettings set org.pantheon.desktop.gala.appearance button-layout "'"$1"'"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout "'"$1"'"


Close Scratch... ( file will be auto-saved ).



Right click and choose Open With > Terminal.

To change layout in : Close ( left ) and Minimize ( right ) type in Terminal :

sh ./button-layout close:minimize

To change layout in Minimize, Maximize, Close ( all right side ) :

sh ./button-layout :minimize,maximize,close

To change layout to Close ( left ) :

sh ./button-layout close:

( works in the stable version Luna as well ).


10 comments:

  1. Thank you, it works perfectly... much appreciated!!

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  2. That's awesome! Thank you so much (one of the few things I hate about Elementary is the bad button layout)!

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  3. worked like a charm, thank you very much!

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  4. Elementary tweaks didn't work for me in Freya Beta 1. This method works perfectly though.

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  5. Does anyone know why my chrome browser isn't taking the change? It works with firefox . . .

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    1. Settings > Appearance > Use system title bar and borders

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  6. A bit off-topic, but what GTK theme are you using?

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