Change close button to right on Ubuntu 16.04 GNOME

Question

I was initially on Unity desktop but I installed GNOME and I want to move the buttons to the right. I have tried commands like

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ':minimize,maximize,close'

but nothing happened actually. The result of ls /usr/bin/*session*

rxyz@rxyz:~$ ls /usr/bin/*session*
/usr/bin/dbus-run-session          /usr/bin/gnome-session-quit
/usr/bin/gnome-session             /usr/bin/session-installer
/usr/bin/gnome-session-classic     /usr/bin/session-migration  
/usr/bin/gnome-session-inhibit     /usr/bin/x-session-manager
/usr/bin/gnome-session-properties

Solution

To view the current position of the buttons, open Terminal and run

gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout

To change it to the left run

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout close,minimize,maximize:

or to change it to the right run

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout :minimize,maximize,close

The position of window buttons is determined by the position of the : mark. If it's at the beginning, the buttons will be at the right; if it's at the end, the buttons will be at the left.

Source

Comments

[FlexMcMurphy]

You can also do this from Preferences > Windows then from the Titlebar Buttons dropdown change position to Left or Right.