Maximized Window does not respect theme window button order

Bug #779202 reported by Martin Wildam
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ayatana Design
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

When I choose a theme that has the close, maximize and minimize buttons on the right, the new unity maximize behaviour does not respect the theme setting.

In any case the buttons are displayed on the left-hand side close, minimize, maximize.

My current theme setting is Unity (see screenshot)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.12-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.DP.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DP.2:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DP.3:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.2:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1440x900
 edid-base64: AP///////wBMo0JUAAAAAAASAQOQIRV4Cof1lFdPjCcnUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBMCqgGFKEDDBAIDMAS88QAAAaMCqgGFKEDDBAIDMAS88QAAAaAAAA/gBKNzk5Q4AxNTRCVAogAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIBCiAgAI4=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Sat May 7 22:58:26 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0263]
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0263]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E5500
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic-pae root=UUID=aa97bac8-4cf5-4cf9-b66d-416a579c6528 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/15/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A11
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd04/15/2009:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE5500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude E5500
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

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Martin Wildam (mwildam) wrote :
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Martin Wildam (mwildam) wrote :

Normal window

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Martin Wildam (mwildam) wrote :

Maximized window

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Harry van Haaren (harryhaaren) wrote :

As far as I know this is the design of Unity. I'll mark as opinion. Perhaps you can tag as "needs-design"

Changed in unity:
status: New → Opinion
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Opinion
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Marco Biscaro (marcobiscaro2112) wrote :

If I'm not wrong, the button location (always on left) and the buttons order are this way by design. The problem with different buttons is reported in bug #740232.

Changed in unity:
status: Opinion → New
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Opinion → New
Martin Wildam (mwildam)
tags: added: needs-design
Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Martin Wildam (mwildam) wrote :

Tried to install other themes (e.g. Gnome-Themes) but can't either select them in appearance configuration in unity...

Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
no longer affects: unity
Changed in ayatana-design:
status: New → Invalid
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
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