chromium-browser has min/max/close buttons at upper right

[peterzay]

In prior releases of chromium-browser, the minimize/maximize/close cluster of 3 buttons were always at the upper left as per Ubuntu standard layout.

In Ubuntu 12.10, for some reason, this 3 button cluster has been moved to the upper right.

It is disturbing.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: chromium-browser 22.0.1229.94~r161065-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
Architecture: i386
ChromiumPrefs: can't open profile /home/peterzay/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences
Date: Mon Jan 7 22:45:02 2013
Desktop-Session:
 DESKTOP_SESSION = ubuntu
 XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg
 XDG_DATA_DIRS = /usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
Env:
 MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-04 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""
gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b''/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b''/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b''/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b''/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b''/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'ubuntu-mono-dark\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Ambiance\n'

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Richard Eames (naddiseo)]

I'm not seeing this in my 12.10 install (with gnome-shell), but I am seeing it in my 13.04. Would be nice for this to be fixed.

[Saikrishna Arcot (saiarcot895)]

Is Chromium using the system title bar and borders? Right-click in the tab area and check to see if there is a checkmark there.

[Richard Eames (naddiseo)]

No, it's using chromium's title bar. See attached screenshot.

[peterzay (peterzay)]

There have been several newer versions of Chromium since the original bug report.

This is no longer a problem in Version 28.0.1500.71 Ubuntu 13.04 (28.0.1500.71-0ubuntu1.13.04.1).

I no longer use Ubuntu 12.10 release.

[Chad Miller (cmiller)]

Richard, in a terminal, if you run "chromium-browser --temp-profile", what
happens?

[Richard Eames (naddiseo)]

@Chad, same thing, the buttons are in the top right corner.

$ apt-cache policy chromium-browser
chromium-browser:
  Installed: 28.0.1500.71-0ubuntu1.13.04.1
  Candidate: 28.0.1500.71-0ubuntu1.13.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 28.0.1500.71-0ubuntu1.13.04.1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     25.0.1364.160-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe amd64 Packages

[David Cesarino de Sousa (davidcesarino)]

Still here in 14.04 LTS amd64:

$ apt-cache policy chromium-browser
chromium-browser:
  Installed: 34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty

[Richard Eames (naddiseo)]

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

[peterzay (peterzay)]

The workaround works but is buggy.

Launch Chromium, maximize the window, then un-maximize. Notice the corrupt window no longer has the 3 button cluster at all.

Click anywhere on the desktop, the window refreshes to normal.

Cannot capture screenshot due to click action described above.

[peterzay (peterzay)]

See Bug #1309759 for 14.04 LTS i386 bug details.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner. Over the last ten years there have been many changes in Ubuntu and a number of flavours have been added to the desktop environments available within the "Ubuntu" distribution.

If still an issue using a maintained version of Chromium then please let us know otherwise this report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for chromium-browser (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]