# How to bring back Windows minimize and maximize Titlebar Buttons in Rocky Linux 8.5? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [December 21, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935 "2021-12-21T00:22:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marben2021](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@marben2021](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/marben2021)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/1 "2021-12-21T00:22:23Z")
Hi All, How to bring back Windows minimize and maximize Titlebar Buttons in Rocky Linux 8.5? Because, after installing updates in my Rocky linux, all the windows title bar minimize and maximize button is gone. Desktop icon display is also gone. How to fix these? Please help. Best regards, Marben ---
**Author:** ![joebeasley3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/joebeasley3/32/1242_2.png) [@joebeasley3](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/joebeasley3)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/2 "2021-12-21T01:43:30Z")
If you are running gnome, open gnome-tweaks and look under the Windows tab. The lower right section has two checkboxes to enable/disable them. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/6/6e7f6bf5fcdbbb542d640251834d814bead6f79d.png) ---
**Author:** ![marben2021](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@marben2021](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/marben2021)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/3 "2021-12-21T03:27:23Z")
Hi joebeasley3, i did that, but it doesn’t work. I also restart rocky linux, but the windows minimize and maximize button won’t show. Please help. Best regards, Marben ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/4 "2021-12-21T19:29:23Z")
You need to first clarify if you’re running Gnome classic shell or Gnome default and whether you are using X or Wayland. ```auto GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE DESKTOP_SESSION XDG_SESSION_TYPE ``` ---
**Author:** ![marben2021](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@marben2021](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/marben2021)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/5 "2021-12-21T21:37:27Z")
![About_Gnome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/c/c82902d1ced3fda3a28e5b472f771cb80637920a.png) ![Windows_Tweaks](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/c/c5b2df0c3bee1774a621a3de1d60b171b6d6ccb2.png) ![DESKTOP_SESSION](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/a/a54929fc190f3737d501162cfbfb9cf73fe6fcbd.png) Hi gerry666uk., Ii think 'm using gnome default, DESKTOP\_SESSION. Gnome version 3.32.Z. Please see attached files. Best regards, Marben ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/6 "2021-12-22T18:44:37Z")
Can you echo all three env vars. You don’t need to post screen shots, you can paste using “prefomatted text”. ---
**Author:** ![marben2021](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@marben2021](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/marben2021)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/7 "2021-12-22T21:18:42Z")
[Marben@eda ~]$ echo $GNOME\_SHELL\_SESSION\_MODE [Marben@eda ~]$ echo $DESKTOP\_SESSION gnome [Marben@eda ~]$ echo $XDG\_SESSION\_TYPE wayland [Marben@eda ~]$ ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/8 "2021-12-23T18:54:46Z")
Can you try switching to “classic” mode. At the ‘gdm’ login screen, click on your name, but BEFORE you enter the password, click the cog wheel, and choose “classic” with “wayland”. You shoud see a different style of desktop. ---
**Author:** ![marben2021](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@marben2021](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/marben2021)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/9 "2021-12-23T21:13:38Z")
Hi gerry666uk, It works, thank you very much. My windows maximize and minimize button display is back. Also my desktop icons display is now visible. Is their any fix for standard wayland to display the icons?, so that I can use it again instead of classic wayland. Best regards, Marben ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/10 "2021-12-23T21:58:03Z")
The Wayland is not key here; you get same differences with X11 too. Both “standard” and “classic” refer to GNOME 3. One description of “classic”, for RHEL 7: [1.3. What Is GNOME Classic? Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Red Hat Customer Portal](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/desktop_migration_and_administration_guide/what-is-gnome-classic) The classic mode is available, if package gnome-classic-session is installed. It is, as one of the default gnome packages. Personally I never let it install, but that is because I don’t care about GUI. ---
**Author:** ![marben2021](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@marben2021](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/marben2021)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/11 "2021-12-23T22:31:04Z")
Thank you very much for your reply. this forum helps me a lot. ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/12 "2021-12-24T21:03:16Z")
The key here is Gnome “Classic” vs “Standard”. Personally I can’t stand the new new Gnome “Standard”, so I use “Classic” with “Wayland”. BUT, as far as I know it’s not supplied by Gnome, and is related to Fedora. In addition, I think it’s also going to be available with Gnome 40 in RHEL 9 (Rocky 9), which is good. I don’t know if ‘minimize’ and ‘maximize’ even exist in Gnome “Standard” because the concept is that you won’t need them. There’s some absurd concept of “shoving” a mouse into the corner of the screen every time you want to do something. ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/13 "2021-12-24T22:46:08Z")
Description of “classic” is also on “[gnome.org](http://gnome.org)”. Is that a “not Gnome” thing? [What is GNOME Classic?](https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/gnome-classic.html.en) ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/14 "2021-12-25T19:00:44Z")
OK, it’s interesting that it’s on [gnome.org](http://gnome.org), I had not seen that page before, but I’d like to know where the extension source code comes from, e.g. is it part of the Gnome 3.0 source code? I was (originally) trying to confirm that Gnome Classic would exist in Gnome 40 and could not find it. ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/15 "2021-12-25T22:36:07Z")
CentOS Stream 9 repo has package ’ gnome-classic-session-40.5-4.el9.noarch’. No idea where does Red Hat build it from. ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/16 "2021-12-26T21:08:13Z")
I just had a look inside ‘gnome-shell-extensions-3.32.1-15.el8\_4’, and it looks like the actual source code comes from [gnome.org](http://gnome.org), e.g. ‘[Index of /sources/gnome-shell-extensions/3.32/](https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-shell-extensions/3.32/)’, but it’s then been packaged with a number of enhancements, either by Fedora or RHEL. The “Classic” part actually depends on a number of other extensions. In summary, I think a lot of work has gone into it, and it’s good news that it’s still going to work in Gnome 40. ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-bring-back-windows-minimize-and-maximize-titlebar-buttons-in-rocky-linux-8-5/4935/17 "2023-08-25T03:58:51Z")