This is how to make the titlebars on non-CSD windows in Metacity, Marco, Mutter and Gala smaller using gtk.css
This is mostly for themes like Ambiance that were not designed for these window managers.
Put this in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
. This makes the headerbars on non-CSD windows smaller to make them look better.
/*
Decrease the size of head bars for non-CSD applications
Gnome 20 (Fedora 24) compatible version
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/276951/how-to-change-the-titlebar-height-in-standard-gtk-apps-and-those-with-headerbars
*/
/* x11 and xwayland windows */
window.ssd headerbar.titlebar {
padding: 4px;
padding-right: 5px;
min-height: 0;
/* remove border between titlebar and window */
border: none;
}
window.ssd headerbar.titlebar button.titlebutton {
padding: 2px;
min-height: 0;
min-width: 0;
}
/* native wayland ssd windows */
.default-decoration {
padding: 4px;
padding-right: 5px;
min-height: 0;
/* remove border between titlebar and window */
border: none;
}
.default-decoration .titlebutton {
padding: 2px;
min-height: 0;
min-width: 0;
}