UBUNTU - Tips And Tricks To Move Window Control Buttons to the Right

If your Ubuntu system sets the Minimize, Maximize and Close buttons to the left in a window and you prefer to change them to the right, then follow these simple steps:

• Press Alt+F2 to bring up "Run Application" window.

• Type gconf-editor into the box, click "Run" to bring up Configuration Editor.

• Browse to apps > metacity > general, look for "button_layout" on the right panel.

• Change the value in the "button_layout" from close,minimize,maximize: to menu:minimize,maximize,close and press the Enter key.

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