Customize Ubuntu 16.04. How to enable “minimise on click” on Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop. Enable minimise function on Unity Ubuntu 16.04, via terminal commands or Ubuntu unity tweak tool.
By default, the minimise function isn’t enabled in Ubuntu 16.04 Unity Desktop. So you cannot click on an app launcher icon to open an app and again click on it to minimise the app.
Luckily you can enable minimise on click on Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop. Here’s how to do this:
- Open Unity Tweak Tool.
- Click on Launcher tab under Unity.
- Click and enable Minimise. Select the option “Minimize single window applications on click” under Behaviour tab.
You can also enable minimise on click using terminal commands. Run the following commands to enable it:
gsettings set org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/ launcher-minimize-window true
Once done, you will be able to easily minimise the app using mouse click.