How to put the windows close button on the right?

Question

I'm used to the close button in the upper right corner as in MS Windows. How to put it there?

Answer 1

Just paste the following in your terminal,

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

Now you can see that your buttons are placed in the right side.

To revert:

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

Answer 2

If you are less comfortable with then command line, then this is also a feature present in Ubuntu Tweak. This application helps you "tweak" many things on your Ubuntu installation, and I find it very useful (and very well maintained!).

Answer 3

Or you just install gconf-editor on your Ubuntu, then open it and look for apps >> metacity >> general >> button_layout

change the value to:

:minimize,maximize,close

Which means "fill with blank space, minimize, maximize, close", making the buttons to be shown at right.