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[#]: subject: "Add Minimize and Maximize Buttons in GNOME"
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[#]: via: "https://itsfoss.com/gnome-minimize-button/"
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[#]: author: "Abhishek Prakash https://itsfoss.com/author/abhishek/"
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[#]: collector: "lujun9972/lctt-scripts-1693450080"
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[#]: translator: "geekpi"
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[#]: reviewer: " "
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[#]: publisher: " "
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Add Minimize and Maximize Buttons in GNOME
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Unlike Ubuntu, [distributions like Fedora][1] and Arch Linux give you vanilla GNOME and one thing that may bother you is the lack of minimize and maximize buttons on the application windows.
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![No minimize or maximize button in application windows, only close button][2]
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GNOME expects you to use the application switcher (Alt+Tab) or utilize the activities area (Super key) to just switch between running applications, instead of minimizing it.
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The good thing is that you don't have to live like that if you don't want it.
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Let me share how you can bring back the minimize and maximize buttons in GNOME using both GUI and command line options.
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### Method 1: Enable minimize and maximize buttons using GNOME Tweaks
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GNOME Tweaks tool allows you customize various aspects of GNOME. Enabling minimize windows buttons is one of them.
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Install GNOME Tweaks tool using your distribution's package manager first.
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Run the application and go to the Windows Titlebars from the left sidebar. You'll see the options to add minimize and maximize buttons here,
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![][3]
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You can choose either or both. If you don't want it anymore, **you can disable the buttons the same way in GNOME Tweaks tool**.
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You can also choose to put these control buttons on the left side if you want. The option is right there at the end of the Titelbar Buttons options.
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### Method 2: Use command line to enable minimize and maximize buttons
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The gsettings command has the option to change the button layout and add the minimize and maximize buttons.
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```
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gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ":minimize,maximize,close"
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```
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As you can guess, if you want **to disable any of the buttons, you run the same command but omit the undesired one from the command**.
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You may also move the windows control buttons to the left by putting the colon in right side in the command:
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gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout "close,minimize,maximize:"
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### Getting inspired by macOS is not always a good thing
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Clearly, this 'no minimize button' design is inspired by Apple's macOS. I remember that around 10 years back, macOS used to have the Windows control on the left. So Ubuntu Unity also tried keeping controls on the left side by default.
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Apple is weird. They have good designs most of the time but they prioritize design over use experience at times. The 'magic mouse' is an example.
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> “Magic Mouse loved by users”. You sure about that? [pic.twitter.com/hxGtTxIrlu][4]
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> — Stuart (@stuwieface) [April 20, 2021][5]
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I don't see why GNOME developers have this need of getting inspired by every design, specially the poor ones.
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But that's just my opinion. I am happy that there exists a quick and easy solution to bring back the minimize and maximize buttons in GNOME.
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via: https://itsfoss.com/gnome-minimize-button/
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作者：[Abhishek Prakash][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID)
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校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID)
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本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出
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[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/abhishek/
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[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
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[1]: https://itsfoss.com/best-fedora-linux-distributions/
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[2]: https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/10/missing-minimize-button-gnome.png
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[3]: https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/10/enable-minimize-maximize-windows-option-gnome-tweaks.png
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[4]: https://t.co/hxGtTxIrlu
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[5]: https://twitter.com/stuwieface/status/1384561367223521286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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