{"id":5370,"date":"2015-10-28T14:53:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T14:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5370"},"modified":"2015-10-28T14:53:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T14:53:33","slug":"ubuntu-1510-minimize-click","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/ubuntu-1510-minimize-click\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 15.10 &#8211; Enable &#8216;Minimize on Click&#8217; for Unity Launcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ubuntu_tips1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ubuntu_tips1.png\" alt=\"minimize on click\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5221\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minimize an application window by single clicking on its icon on system taskbar or dock app launcher is a common used functionality.<\/p>\n<p>This &#8216;minimize on click&#8217; behavior for Unity&#8217;s Left Launcher is not ready in Ubuntu out-of-the-box. So this simple tutorial is going to tell you how to enable this handy feature in Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MinimizeOnClick.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MinimizeOnClick.gif\" alt=\"Minimize window on click\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1. Install Unity Tweak Tool.<\/p>\n<p>Search for and install <code>unity tweak tool<\/code> via Ubuntu Software Center:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-unity-tweak-tool.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-unity-tweak-tool-450x169.jpg\" alt=\"install-unity-tweak-tool\" width=\"450\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-unity-tweak-tool-450x169.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-unity-tweak-tool-600x226.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-unity-tweak-tool.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>2. Launch Unity Tweak Tool once installed. Then click the first icon that says &#8216;Launcher&#8217; to go to its configuration page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unity-tweak-tool.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unity-tweak-tool-450x198.jpg\" alt=\"unity-tweak-tool\" width=\"450\" height=\"198\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unity-tweak-tool-450x198.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unity-tweak-tool-600x265.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unity-tweak-tool.jpg 726w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Check the box says &#8216;Minimize single window applications on click&#8217; and done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/enable-minimize-on-click.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/enable-minimize-on-click-450x213.jpg\" alt=\"enable-minimize-on-click\" width=\"450\" height=\"213\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/enable-minimize-on-click-450x213.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/enable-minimize-on-click-600x285.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/enable-minimize-on-click.jpg 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The change takes effect immediately. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minimize an application window by single clicking on its icon on system taskbar or dock app launcher is a common used functionality. This &#8216;minimize on click&#8217; behavior for Unity&#8217;s Left Launcher is not ready in Ubuntu out-of-the-box. So this simple tutorial is going to tell you how to enable this handy feature in Ubuntu 15.10 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1056,1287],"class_list":["post-5370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-minimize-on-click","tag-ubuntu-15-10"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}