Add Maximize & Minimize Buttons in Gnome 3.6 (Fedora 18)

By default there is only close button on windows in Fedora 18. Users may get confused by this. But the maximize and minimize buttons can easily be included in either the following ways.


CLI Method

Open a terminal window and type the following command.
$ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.overrides button-layout ':minimize,maximize,close'

You don't need to be root to apply the following command. The buttons will appear on you window titlebar instantly.

GUI Method

You need Gnome Tweak Tool to enable the buttons. If you don't have it yet, you can install it by typing the following command as root -
# yum -y install gnome-tweak-tool

You can also install it using Software which is available in System Tools. You can do lots of other things using this tool like change your theme, enable desktop wallpaper, configure or enable/disable shell extension etc.

After opening the Gnome Tweak Tool utility go to Shell. Select All beside Arrangement of buttons on the titlebar.

It will bring the minimize & maximize buttons.