On 05/09/2013 14:51, gevisz wrote: > Usually, when I open a new window frame in Gnome 2, I have a Close, > Maximize/Restore and Minimize buttons on its upper-right corner. > > Sometimes, however, especially when I open a supplementary window frame > from a running program, its upper (text) bar contains only the Close > button with no possibility to maximize the window frame to the whole > screen, and it is extremely inconvenient. > > I do remember that I had a similar problem in Gnome 2 under Ubuntu but > somehow managed to get to the configuration where almost all my windows > had Maximize/Restore and Minimize buttons. The only exception was the > Firefox sub-window to save a bookmark. :^( > > Just now, I have tries FXCE and found out that it opens all the > sub-windows with the Maximize/Restore, Close and Minimize buttons "out > of the box" and without recompilation of all the programs that do not do > the same in Gnome (except for the Firefox bookmark sub-window, of course). > > However, I am reluctant to migrate to FXCE right now because at the > moment I cannot achieve the same look-and-feel as in my Gnome > (especially, I miss the the all-in-one clock-calendar-weather applet > with the world map showing the daytime at different locations). > > Could anybody advise me how to get the Close, Maximize/Restore and > Minimize buttons in all window frames in Gnome 2.
I think the true answer is "You can't. The Gnome devs know better than you what you want" I'm happy to be proved wrong though. If it bothers you, just migrate to XFCE and deal with the pain. It will last only a short time. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
