Can you “fix” chrome's close, minimize, maximize buttons so they are on the left, and use ubuntu's theme?

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Can you "fix" chrome's close, minimize, maximize buttons so they are on the left, and use ubuntu's theme?
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    Select the option to Use GTK+ theme in the chrome settings. The 'Use system title bar and borders' setting hides the buttons when I go full screen on Ubuntu 18.04, so disable that.
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Can you "fix" chrome's close, minimize, maximize buttons so they are on the left, and use ubuntu's theme?
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    Select the option to Use GTK+ theme in the chrome settings. The 'Use system title bar and borders' setting hides the buttons when I go full screen on Ubuntu 18.04, so disable that.
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    May 17 at 14:08












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Can you "fix" chrome's close, minimize, maximize buttons so they are on the left, and use ubuntu's theme?
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Can you "fix" chrome's close, minimize, maximize buttons so they are on the left, and use ubuntu's theme?
I might actually use chrome then.







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    Select the option to Use GTK+ theme in the chrome settings. The 'Use system title bar and borders' setting hides the buttons when I go full screen on Ubuntu 18.04, so disable that.
    – Dylan Vander Berg
    May 17 at 14:08












  • 1




    Select the option to Use GTK+ theme in the chrome settings. The 'Use system title bar and borders' setting hides the buttons when I go full screen on Ubuntu 18.04, so disable that.
    – Dylan Vander Berg
    May 17 at 14:08







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Select the option to Use GTK+ theme in the chrome settings. The 'Use system title bar and borders' setting hides the buttons when I go full screen on Ubuntu 18.04, so disable that.
– Dylan Vander Berg
May 17 at 14:08




Select the option to Use GTK+ theme in the chrome settings. The 'Use system title bar and borders' setting hides the buttons when I go full screen on Ubuntu 18.04, so disable that.
– Dylan Vander Berg
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I believe there is an option to use "System title bars" under the settings on the "Hamburger Menu" on the upper-right hand corner in Chrome. Navigate to settings, the same screen where you would select for chrome to use the GTK+ theme, and the setting is in there.



As shown in this picture:



enter image description here






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  • Which theme are you using?
    – Karl Morrison
    Nov 1 '16 at 14:41










  • You can also tell Chromium to use the GTK theme instead of the classic one
    – vinid223
    Dec 13 '17 at 1:55

















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The problem with @Jbuch14 answer is that it adds an extra bar on top of everything, so it's not a real solution. I dont want any extra bars, I just want Chrome's own buttons to be at right side. How to do it?



edit: Ok I figured it out! Instead of enabling "use system title bar...", you DISABLE it, and then run command



gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string ":minimize,,maximize,close"


and voila! No double top bar, and buttons are Windows-style at right.






share|improve this answer






















  • The problem reappeared in 15.10 using Chrome 49 on KDE and this fix does not help anymore. I suppose that windowing manager used for Chrome even it being a GTK app is not metacity but kwin. Is there any solution for this setup too? The buttons are shown however when the window is not maximized.
    – smihael
    Mar 15 '16 at 16:04











  • For me, @juch14's solution worked just fine, I'm running 14.04 though
    – Zack Newsham
    Mar 24 '16 at 9:42






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    it doesn't work for me ubuntu 16.10 , does it has to do with the theme I'm using a different one , other than the default .
    – aeid
    Mar 18 '17 at 2:18

















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Chrome and Ubuntu (Unity) uses different setting for positioning the window controls. Though Chrome popups always uses the system bars.




For Chrome controls: using gconf-editor create/edit the key button_layout under /apps/metacity/general with value close,minimize,maximize:




For system controls: using dconf-editor create/edit the key button-layout under org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences with value close,minimize,maximize:



Note: works from 12.04 until 13.10, since 14.04 you can't change window controls side as stated in this answer.




To use Ubuntu theme use the options under Appearance in Chrome settings as pointed by @Jbuch14. When using system bars you are subjected to the note above.






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  • No need of all this. @Jbuch14's answer is the simplest tweak you can ever do.
    – dipak_pusti
    Aug 29 '14 at 5:27










  • nope, not if we want the Chrome styling of the buttons, and not having an a bar which might be ugly.
    – sidney
    Apr 13 '15 at 17:31










  • between, it does not work for me @Sançao, it only works for normal windows, not for chrome.
    – sidney
    Apr 13 '15 at 17:34










  • @sidney in a quick search I find out there is issues in some versions, I provided additional info in the answer. I'm now using Ubuntu 14.04 and Chrome 41 and these settings make no effect
    – Sanção
    Apr 14 '15 at 11:24











  • Thanks for the answer @Sanção. However I do not think that this is quite right. I'm currently using Ubuntu 14.04 using the Mate Environment, a fork of Gnome 2. It should behave as the Gnome fallback. I can have the buttons to the left on any windows, but not on chrome. As stated in this screenshot: image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/16/…
    – sidney
    Apr 14 '15 at 11:44










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I believe there is an option to use "System title bars" under the settings on the "Hamburger Menu" on the upper-right hand corner in Chrome. Navigate to settings, the same screen where you would select for chrome to use the GTK+ theme, and the setting is in there.



As shown in this picture:



enter image description here






share|improve this answer






















  • Which theme are you using?
    – Karl Morrison
    Nov 1 '16 at 14:41










  • You can also tell Chromium to use the GTK theme instead of the classic one
    – vinid223
    Dec 13 '17 at 1:55














up vote
27
down vote



accepted










I believe there is an option to use "System title bars" under the settings on the "Hamburger Menu" on the upper-right hand corner in Chrome. Navigate to settings, the same screen where you would select for chrome to use the GTK+ theme, and the setting is in there.



As shown in this picture:



enter image description here






share|improve this answer






















  • Which theme are you using?
    – Karl Morrison
    Nov 1 '16 at 14:41










  • You can also tell Chromium to use the GTK theme instead of the classic one
    – vinid223
    Dec 13 '17 at 1:55












up vote
27
down vote



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up vote
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accepted






I believe there is an option to use "System title bars" under the settings on the "Hamburger Menu" on the upper-right hand corner in Chrome. Navigate to settings, the same screen where you would select for chrome to use the GTK+ theme, and the setting is in there.



As shown in this picture:



enter image description here






share|improve this answer














I believe there is an option to use "System title bars" under the settings on the "Hamburger Menu" on the upper-right hand corner in Chrome. Navigate to settings, the same screen where you would select for chrome to use the GTK+ theme, and the setting is in there.



As shown in this picture:



enter image description here







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  • Which theme are you using?
    – Karl Morrison
    Nov 1 '16 at 14:41










  • You can also tell Chromium to use the GTK theme instead of the classic one
    – vinid223
    Dec 13 '17 at 1:55
















  • Which theme are you using?
    – Karl Morrison
    Nov 1 '16 at 14:41










  • You can also tell Chromium to use the GTK theme instead of the classic one
    – vinid223
    Dec 13 '17 at 1:55















Which theme are you using?
– Karl Morrison
Nov 1 '16 at 14:41




Which theme are you using?
– Karl Morrison
Nov 1 '16 at 14:41












You can also tell Chromium to use the GTK theme instead of the classic one
– vinid223
Dec 13 '17 at 1:55




You can also tell Chromium to use the GTK theme instead of the classic one
– vinid223
Dec 13 '17 at 1:55












up vote
6
down vote













The problem with @Jbuch14 answer is that it adds an extra bar on top of everything, so it's not a real solution. I dont want any extra bars, I just want Chrome's own buttons to be at right side. How to do it?



edit: Ok I figured it out! Instead of enabling "use system title bar...", you DISABLE it, and then run command



gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string ":minimize,,maximize,close"


and voila! No double top bar, and buttons are Windows-style at right.






share|improve this answer






















  • The problem reappeared in 15.10 using Chrome 49 on KDE and this fix does not help anymore. I suppose that windowing manager used for Chrome even it being a GTK app is not metacity but kwin. Is there any solution for this setup too? The buttons are shown however when the window is not maximized.
    – smihael
    Mar 15 '16 at 16:04











  • For me, @juch14's solution worked just fine, I'm running 14.04 though
    – Zack Newsham
    Mar 24 '16 at 9:42






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    it doesn't work for me ubuntu 16.10 , does it has to do with the theme I'm using a different one , other than the default .
    – aeid
    Mar 18 '17 at 2:18














up vote
6
down vote













The problem with @Jbuch14 answer is that it adds an extra bar on top of everything, so it's not a real solution. I dont want any extra bars, I just want Chrome's own buttons to be at right side. How to do it?



edit: Ok I figured it out! Instead of enabling "use system title bar...", you DISABLE it, and then run command



gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string ":minimize,,maximize,close"


and voila! No double top bar, and buttons are Windows-style at right.






share|improve this answer






















  • The problem reappeared in 15.10 using Chrome 49 on KDE and this fix does not help anymore. I suppose that windowing manager used for Chrome even it being a GTK app is not metacity but kwin. Is there any solution for this setup too? The buttons are shown however when the window is not maximized.
    – smihael
    Mar 15 '16 at 16:04











  • For me, @juch14's solution worked just fine, I'm running 14.04 though
    – Zack Newsham
    Mar 24 '16 at 9:42






  • 1




    it doesn't work for me ubuntu 16.10 , does it has to do with the theme I'm using a different one , other than the default .
    – aeid
    Mar 18 '17 at 2:18












up vote
6
down vote










up vote
6
down vote









The problem with @Jbuch14 answer is that it adds an extra bar on top of everything, so it's not a real solution. I dont want any extra bars, I just want Chrome's own buttons to be at right side. How to do it?



edit: Ok I figured it out! Instead of enabling "use system title bar...", you DISABLE it, and then run command



gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string ":minimize,,maximize,close"


and voila! No double top bar, and buttons are Windows-style at right.






share|improve this answer














The problem with @Jbuch14 answer is that it adds an extra bar on top of everything, so it's not a real solution. I dont want any extra bars, I just want Chrome's own buttons to be at right side. How to do it?



edit: Ok I figured it out! Instead of enabling "use system title bar...", you DISABLE it, and then run command



gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string ":minimize,,maximize,close"


and voila! No double top bar, and buttons are Windows-style at right.







share|improve this answer














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answered Dec 5 '15 at 11:19









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  • The problem reappeared in 15.10 using Chrome 49 on KDE and this fix does not help anymore. I suppose that windowing manager used for Chrome even it being a GTK app is not metacity but kwin. Is there any solution for this setup too? The buttons are shown however when the window is not maximized.
    – smihael
    Mar 15 '16 at 16:04











  • For me, @juch14's solution worked just fine, I'm running 14.04 though
    – Zack Newsham
    Mar 24 '16 at 9:42






  • 1




    it doesn't work for me ubuntu 16.10 , does it has to do with the theme I'm using a different one , other than the default .
    – aeid
    Mar 18 '17 at 2:18
















  • The problem reappeared in 15.10 using Chrome 49 on KDE and this fix does not help anymore. I suppose that windowing manager used for Chrome even it being a GTK app is not metacity but kwin. Is there any solution for this setup too? The buttons are shown however when the window is not maximized.
    – smihael
    Mar 15 '16 at 16:04











  • For me, @juch14's solution worked just fine, I'm running 14.04 though
    – Zack Newsham
    Mar 24 '16 at 9:42






  • 1




    it doesn't work for me ubuntu 16.10 , does it has to do with the theme I'm using a different one , other than the default .
    – aeid
    Mar 18 '17 at 2:18















The problem reappeared in 15.10 using Chrome 49 on KDE and this fix does not help anymore. I suppose that windowing manager used for Chrome even it being a GTK app is not metacity but kwin. Is there any solution for this setup too? The buttons are shown however when the window is not maximized.
– smihael
Mar 15 '16 at 16:04





The problem reappeared in 15.10 using Chrome 49 on KDE and this fix does not help anymore. I suppose that windowing manager used for Chrome even it being a GTK app is not metacity but kwin. Is there any solution for this setup too? The buttons are shown however when the window is not maximized.
– smihael
Mar 15 '16 at 16:04













For me, @juch14's solution worked just fine, I'm running 14.04 though
– Zack Newsham
Mar 24 '16 at 9:42




For me, @juch14's solution worked just fine, I'm running 14.04 though
– Zack Newsham
Mar 24 '16 at 9:42




1




1




it doesn't work for me ubuntu 16.10 , does it has to do with the theme I'm using a different one , other than the default .
– aeid
Mar 18 '17 at 2:18




it doesn't work for me ubuntu 16.10 , does it has to do with the theme I'm using a different one , other than the default .
– aeid
Mar 18 '17 at 2:18










up vote
2
down vote













Chrome and Ubuntu (Unity) uses different setting for positioning the window controls. Though Chrome popups always uses the system bars.




For Chrome controls: using gconf-editor create/edit the key button_layout under /apps/metacity/general with value close,minimize,maximize:




For system controls: using dconf-editor create/edit the key button-layout under org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences with value close,minimize,maximize:



Note: works from 12.04 until 13.10, since 14.04 you can't change window controls side as stated in this answer.




To use Ubuntu theme use the options under Appearance in Chrome settings as pointed by @Jbuch14. When using system bars you are subjected to the note above.






share|improve this answer






















  • No need of all this. @Jbuch14's answer is the simplest tweak you can ever do.
    – dipak_pusti
    Aug 29 '14 at 5:27










  • nope, not if we want the Chrome styling of the buttons, and not having an a bar which might be ugly.
    – sidney
    Apr 13 '15 at 17:31










  • between, it does not work for me @Sançao, it only works for normal windows, not for chrome.
    – sidney
    Apr 13 '15 at 17:34










  • @sidney in a quick search I find out there is issues in some versions, I provided additional info in the answer. I'm now using Ubuntu 14.04 and Chrome 41 and these settings make no effect
    – Sanção
    Apr 14 '15 at 11:24











  • Thanks for the answer @Sanção. However I do not think that this is quite right. I'm currently using Ubuntu 14.04 using the Mate Environment, a fork of Gnome 2. It should behave as the Gnome fallback. I can have the buttons to the left on any windows, but not on chrome. As stated in this screenshot: image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/16/…
    – sidney
    Apr 14 '15 at 11:44














up vote
2
down vote













Chrome and Ubuntu (Unity) uses different setting for positioning the window controls. Though Chrome popups always uses the system bars.




For Chrome controls: using gconf-editor create/edit the key button_layout under /apps/metacity/general with value close,minimize,maximize:




For system controls: using dconf-editor create/edit the key button-layout under org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences with value close,minimize,maximize:



Note: works from 12.04 until 13.10, since 14.04 you can't change window controls side as stated in this answer.




To use Ubuntu theme use the options under Appearance in Chrome settings as pointed by @Jbuch14. When using system bars you are subjected to the note above.






share|improve this answer






















  • No need of all this. @Jbuch14's answer is the simplest tweak you can ever do.
    – dipak_pusti
    Aug 29 '14 at 5:27










  • nope, not if we want the Chrome styling of the buttons, and not having an a bar which might be ugly.
    – sidney
    Apr 13 '15 at 17:31










  • between, it does not work for me @Sançao, it only works for normal windows, not for chrome.
    – sidney
    Apr 13 '15 at 17:34










  • @sidney in a quick search I find out there is issues in some versions, I provided additional info in the answer. I'm now using Ubuntu 14.04 and Chrome 41 and these settings make no effect
    – Sanção
    Apr 14 '15 at 11:24











  • Thanks for the answer @Sanção. However I do not think that this is quite right. I'm currently using Ubuntu 14.04 using the Mate Environment, a fork of Gnome 2. It should behave as the Gnome fallback. I can have the buttons to the left on any windows, but not on chrome. As stated in this screenshot: image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/16/…
    – sidney
    Apr 14 '15 at 11:44












up vote
2
down vote










up vote
2
down vote









Chrome and Ubuntu (Unity) uses different setting for positioning the window controls. Though Chrome popups always uses the system bars.




For Chrome controls: using gconf-editor create/edit the key button_layout under /apps/metacity/general with value close,minimize,maximize:




For system controls: using dconf-editor create/edit the key button-layout under org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences with value close,minimize,maximize:



Note: works from 12.04 until 13.10, since 14.04 you can't change window controls side as stated in this answer.




To use Ubuntu theme use the options under Appearance in Chrome settings as pointed by @Jbuch14. When using system bars you are subjected to the note above.






share|improve this answer














Chrome and Ubuntu (Unity) uses different setting for positioning the window controls. Though Chrome popups always uses the system bars.




For Chrome controls: using gconf-editor create/edit the key button_layout under /apps/metacity/general with value close,minimize,maximize:




For system controls: using dconf-editor create/edit the key button-layout under org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences with value close,minimize,maximize:



Note: works from 12.04 until 13.10, since 14.04 you can't change window controls side as stated in this answer.




To use Ubuntu theme use the options under Appearance in Chrome settings as pointed by @Jbuch14. When using system bars you are subjected to the note above.







share|improve this answer














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  • No need of all this. @Jbuch14's answer is the simplest tweak you can ever do.
    – dipak_pusti
    Aug 29 '14 at 5:27










  • nope, not if we want the Chrome styling of the buttons, and not having an a bar which might be ugly.
    – sidney
    Apr 13 '15 at 17:31










  • between, it does not work for me @Sançao, it only works for normal windows, not for chrome.
    – sidney
    Apr 13 '15 at 17:34










  • @sidney in a quick search I find out there is issues in some versions, I provided additional info in the answer. I'm now using Ubuntu 14.04 and Chrome 41 and these settings make no effect
    – Sanção
    Apr 14 '15 at 11:24











  • Thanks for the answer @Sanção. However I do not think that this is quite right. I'm currently using Ubuntu 14.04 using the Mate Environment, a fork of Gnome 2. It should behave as the Gnome fallback. I can have the buttons to the left on any windows, but not on chrome. As stated in this screenshot: image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/16/…
    – sidney
    Apr 14 '15 at 11:44
















  • No need of all this. @Jbuch14's answer is the simplest tweak you can ever do.
    – dipak_pusti
    Aug 29 '14 at 5:27










  • nope, not if we want the Chrome styling of the buttons, and not having an a bar which might be ugly.
    – sidney
    Apr 13 '15 at 17:31










  • between, it does not work for me @Sançao, it only works for normal windows, not for chrome.
    – sidney
    Apr 13 '15 at 17:34










  • @sidney in a quick search I find out there is issues in some versions, I provided additional info in the answer. I'm now using Ubuntu 14.04 and Chrome 41 and these settings make no effect
    – Sanção
    Apr 14 '15 at 11:24











  • Thanks for the answer @Sanção. However I do not think that this is quite right. I'm currently using Ubuntu 14.04 using the Mate Environment, a fork of Gnome 2. It should behave as the Gnome fallback. I can have the buttons to the left on any windows, but not on chrome. As stated in this screenshot: image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/16/…
    – sidney
    Apr 14 '15 at 11:44















No need of all this. @Jbuch14's answer is the simplest tweak you can ever do.
– dipak_pusti
Aug 29 '14 at 5:27




No need of all this. @Jbuch14's answer is the simplest tweak you can ever do.
– dipak_pusti
Aug 29 '14 at 5:27












nope, not if we want the Chrome styling of the buttons, and not having an a bar which might be ugly.
– sidney
Apr 13 '15 at 17:31




nope, not if we want the Chrome styling of the buttons, and not having an a bar which might be ugly.
– sidney
Apr 13 '15 at 17:31












between, it does not work for me @Sançao, it only works for normal windows, not for chrome.
– sidney
Apr 13 '15 at 17:34




between, it does not work for me @Sançao, it only works for normal windows, not for chrome.
– sidney
Apr 13 '15 at 17:34












@sidney in a quick search I find out there is issues in some versions, I provided additional info in the answer. I'm now using Ubuntu 14.04 and Chrome 41 and these settings make no effect
– Sanção
Apr 14 '15 at 11:24





@sidney in a quick search I find out there is issues in some versions, I provided additional info in the answer. I'm now using Ubuntu 14.04 and Chrome 41 and these settings make no effect
– Sanção
Apr 14 '15 at 11:24













Thanks for the answer @Sanção. However I do not think that this is quite right. I'm currently using Ubuntu 14.04 using the Mate Environment, a fork of Gnome 2. It should behave as the Gnome fallback. I can have the buttons to the left on any windows, but not on chrome. As stated in this screenshot: image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/16/…
– sidney
Apr 14 '15 at 11:44




Thanks for the answer @Sanção. However I do not think that this is quite right. I'm currently using Ubuntu 14.04 using the Mate Environment, a fork of Gnome 2. It should behave as the Gnome fallback. I can have the buttons to the left on any windows, but not on chrome. As stated in this screenshot: image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/16/…
– sidney
Apr 14 '15 at 11:44

















 

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