(SOLVED) New at LM 20.3. Windows buttoms issue.

[pcfan5]

New at LM 20.3 . Recencently updated from 19.3

Is there a way to put the buttoms close / open / cancel at the bottom of the window.

I isn't nice (for me ) where they are now.

Also if I click on "X" on the windows upper bar, it doesn't work

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System:
 Kernel: 5.4.0-144-generic x86_64 bits: 64 
  Desktop: Gnome 3.36.9 Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: BANGHO product: MOV v: MODEL_EQUIP 
  serial: <superuser/root required> 
  Mobo: BANGHO model: MOV v: D02A serial: <superuser/root required> 
  BIOS: American Megatrends v: 1.01.15RPCD1 date: 07/11/2012 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 44.1 Wh condition: 44.1/48.8 Wh (90%) 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-2450M bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  Speed: 2494 MHz min/max: 800/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2494 2: 2494 
  3: 2494 4: 2494 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics 
  driver: i915 v: kernel 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1360x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2) 
  v: 3.3 Mesa 21.2.6 

[michael-hi]

Yes, if you have Xfce, you can restore your bottom buttons! Go to the Settings Editor (not the Settings Manager) in the menu and in the left-hand column click on xsettings. Then untick the option DialogsUseHeader on the right-hand side, so that this value changes from true to false. Alternatively, simply enter this in a terminal:

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xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gtk/DialogsUseHeader -s false

However, this assumes you have a properly working Xfce installation. It is very odd if the "close" button in the top right corner of your windows is not working. You could first try switching to a different theme in the Window Manager settings. However, I suspect your problem lies in the fact that, although you have placed your post in the Xfce section, your system info shows your desktop as Gnome 3.36.9 not Xfce. Possibly you have somehow added a load of Gnome files at some point, which has confused the system. Unless you can find a way of reverting it to Xfce-only, you may end up having to reinstall Mint - but make sure you have a full backup of all your personal data first.

[pcfan5]

Thank you so very much. I tried what you told me, now I have the buttoms the way I like it ! Thank you!!!!. (Line Edited)

I understand you can see I have many gnome components, maybe they got there through the update I made from 19.3 to 20 (something similar happened in another machine, where KDE plasma elements got installed).

In order to do the update I followed the guide Clem gave at the Linux Mint Blog.

[pcfan5]

Now I got my desktop back

I did

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sudo apt install xcfe

and then from Synaptic I remove ubuntu scheme session, and three more packages related.

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 Kernel: 5.4.0-144-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una 

I want to reproduce the name of the other packages, since I didn't write them now... but I cannot. So I went to synaptic, I didn't find them .
I can see ubuntu-gnome-desktop isn't installed.