ubuntu/app-center

Window controls for Ubuntu App Center are not affected by Tweaks settings

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alieffachrull commented

Is there an existing issue for this?

  • I have searched the existing issues and found none matching what I'm reporting.

Bug Description

The Ubuntu App Store (currently the Snap Store) does not respect the window control button layout (Minimize, Maximize, Close) when it is changed from the default right-hand side to the left-hand side using the GNOME Tweaks application.

While all other native applications correctly apply the new setting, the App Store window remains unchanged, creating an inconsistent user experience across the desktop environment.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Ensure gnome-tweaks is installed.
2. Open the "Tweaks" application.
3. Navigate to the Window Titlebars section in the left-hand menu.
4. Under the "Buttons" subsection, change the Placement setting from "Right" to "Left".
5. Observe that other application windows (like Files, Terminal, Firefox) immediately reflect this change, moving their controls to the left.
6. Open the App Store.

Expected behavior

The App Store window should display its Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons on the top-left, consistent with the setting applied in GNOME Tweaks and matching the behavior of other applications.

Ubuntu release

24.04 LTS

What architecture are you using?

amd64

System info

System Details Report

Report details

  • Date generated: 2025-08-15 12:14:05

Hardware Information:

  • Hardware Model: Default string be filled by O.E.M Default string be filled by O.E.M
  • Memory: 8.0 GiB
  • Processor: 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 × 8
  • Graphics: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics (TGL GT2)
  • Disk Capacity: 256.1 GB

Software Information:

  • Firmware Version: GL259T_NOFP.19
  • OS Name: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
  • OS Build: (null)
  • OS Type: 64-bit
  • GNOME Version: 46
  • Windowing System: Wayland
  • Kernel Version: Linux 6.14.0-27-generic

Additional context

This issue appears to be specific to the Snap-based App Store. Other system applications seem to respect the configuration correctly. This might be related to how Snap applications handle window decorations compared to natively installed applications.

matthew-hagemann commented

Hi @alieffachrull, thank you for the report. This is a known issue upstream in yaru.dart which the App Center relies on for placement of these buttons.