option to use Windows title bar on Linux

[Heath123]

#139 added this, but was reverted (#149).

Proposed solution

Personally I (and probably some others) prefer the Windows-style title bar, so it would nice if there was a configuration option of some kind.

[shiftkey]

@Heath123 thanks for opening this up.

For the moment this is a low-priority for me as I initially thought this would be straight-forward but #149 showed how many people tweaked their setups (and I'd inadvertently affected). I also heard in #243 that these client-side decorations didn't fit with their setup.

I'd like to hear from others why the Windows-style theme here is preferred for them - others shared their setups in #149, like #149 (comment), so I'm curious if we can avoid having to juggle multiple options.

[Heath123]

Personally I like it because I think custom title bars look quite nice and professional, it saves a tiny bit of space (not really a big deal) and it's sort of funny to see a Windows-like window on Ubuntu, I don't know about other people, though. This is a really small thing and I don't care that much, so it makes sense that it's low-priority. I wonder if many other people want this or if it's mostly just me?

[harry-cpp]

I personally prefer the CSD, I use Ubuntu 20.04 + GNOME.

[GrahamSH-LLK]

This would be so awesome. Leaving it up to the OS is not my favorite choice as some Linux dists are absolutely ugly.

[GrahamSH-LLK]

One idea is to not put the close/minimize/maximize there and leave that up to the OS. That way we minimize annoyance on both sides. A less "windowsy" one would be better also.

[mon-jai]

Wanted this feature too. The current one is ugly on Ubuntu.

[Miqueas]

Wanted this feature too. The current one is ugly on Ubuntu.

Is ugly on ANY distro/desktop environment

[Miqueas]

@shiftkey the best solution here is to provide an option to enable/disable CSD and ship the app as-is (like vs code)

[Miqueas]

From my point of view, this is a waste of space, since everything in the server-side decorated title bar can be in the same place as the app menu bar

[Miqueas]

Still no changes? :(

[shiftkey]

Still no changes? :(

The relevant code is linked in the other pull requests, but I've marked this as "help wanted" as I'd like someone to take a shot at making it configurable.