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snowblind

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Registered: 2013-07-18

Posts: 39

Window caption buttons (Minimize, Maximize, Close) on GTK3 CSDs?

Hi!

I'm wondering what the best way to modify the caption buttons on GTK3 Client Side Decorations would be? Specifically I'm wondering it for Yorba apps, such as Geary and California. I've read that this does have the option to be set somewhere, but I'm unable to identify it. I'm running Cinnamon and don't have Gnome-Shell installed, thus Gnome-Tweak-Tool won't work. (I also tried it anyway and it doesn't do anything for me, as the window button option is not available when running Cinnamon.)

Does anyone know the best way to do this? I know there's a package in the AUR that can disable CSDs, but that just adds a native toolbar *on top of* the CSD bar.

Thanks!

Solution:

Turns out that if you build geary (and likely California, as well, though I haven't tried it yet) with the --enable-unity config flag, it will build the CSD *without* the close button, and retain the WM's title bar, allowing the decorations to be controlled by your window manager without resulting in a weird double toolbar.

Last edited by snowblind (2014-10-01 19:57:10)

Michael Catanzaro

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Registered: 2012-11-04

Posts: 50

Re: Window caption buttons (Minimize, Maximize, Close) on GTK3 CSDs?

If you can wait a couple of weeks, with Tweak Tool 3.14.1 (it's broken in 3.14.0) any button layout changes you make should apply for both non-CSD and CSD.