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Updated solution for Fedora 24

Create a file ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css containng the following CSS, changing the padding, font-size, etc, to your liking. (Credit for this fix goes to @crobinso who corrected the CSS you can find online for older versions of Gnome.)

headerbar.default-decoration {
 padding-top: 0;
 padding-bottom: 0;
 min-height: 0;
 font-size: 0.8em;
}

headerbar.default-decoration button.titlebutton {
 padding: 0;
 min-height: 0;
}

Old Solution (from 2012)

You can use gconf-editor (yum install gconf-editor if you don't have it yet) and change the value for /apps/metacity/general/titlebar_font : a smaller font results in a smaller titlebar. [1]

Alternatively, you can edit your theme to reduce the padding as suggested at http://mikeyshelpdesk.blogspot.com/20... :

• Open a terminal window
• Use the command sudo sed -i "/title_vertical_pad/s/value=\"[0-9]\{1,2\}\"/value=\"0\"/g" /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/metacity-1/metacity-theme-3.xml
• Close terminal window
• Hit ALT-F2
• type restart
• hit enter

Instead of restart you can use r in the command box that pops up.

If your user isn't a superuser, you may need to use su to login as root (assuming you know the administrator password).

NB: I have only used the first method so far, though the comments at [2] suggest that the second method should work as well.

[1] [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1737632](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1737632)

[2] [http://mikeyshelpdesk.blogspot.com/2011/04/gnome-3-massive-title-bar.html](http://mikeyshelpdesk.blogspot.com/2011/04/gnome-3-massive-title-bar.html)

Here's one way to do it:

http://dnmouse.org/autoten/gnome-3-extra-tips/189-resize-the-massive-titlebar.html

I used gnome-tweak-tools (Advanced Settings) in the menu and changed the size of the title bar font which helped as well.

I've been using a similar solution to the css bit posted above, but it no longer works on Fedora 24/gnome 3.20. My new working css is:

$ cat ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css 
headerbar.default-decoration {
 padding-top: 3px;
 padding-bottom: 3px;
 min-height: 0px;
 font-size: 0.6em;
}

headerbar.default-decoration button.titlebutton {
 padding: 0px;
 min-height: 0px;
}

i used cascading stylesheet on gtk-3.0

1. Open Terminal

2. Make file "gtk.css", on /home/(userdirectory)/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
   (example : /home/bandithijo/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css)

   $ cd /home/(userdirectory) //change with your username directory
   $ gedit .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

3. And than copy paste code below

   .header-bar.default-decoration { padding-top : 4px; padding-bottom : 4px; }
   .header-bar.default-decoration .button.titlebutton { padding-top : 2.5px; padding-bottom : 2.5px; }

4. Quit and Save Gedit

5. Voillaa

// you can change the css padding value if you want

[my computer info]

• OS : Fedora 22 Workstation with Default Gnome

On gnome-shell, iirc this can be done by modifying /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/gnome-shell.css Not sure though, haven't tweaked gnome-shell myself. Do wait for other replies :)