Traffic Light Buttons

Replaces Close/Minimize/Maximize window buttons with macOS-style traffic light buttons for all JetBrains IDEs (Linux only)

📦 Install from JetBrains Marketplace 📦

Table of Contents

• Screenshot
• Features
• Installation
  • From Marketplace
  • From Plugin ZIP
• Getting Started
• Settings
• Build
• License
• Support

Screenshot

Features

Feature	Description
Traffic Light Buttons	macOS-style colored circles (red/yellow/green) replacing default window buttons
Button States	Four states: active, hover (with action icons), pressed, and inactive (gray)
Button Placement	Configurable left or right side of the title bar
Button Order	IDE Default or macOS Style order (right placement only)
Platform	Linux only (macOS already has native traffic lights; Windows support planned)
Compatibility	All JetBrains IDEs (2025.3.3+)

Installation

From Marketplace

1. In your JetBrains IDE, go to Settings > Plugins > Marketplace
2. Search for Traffic Light Buttons
3. Click Install and restart the IDE

From Plugin ZIP

1. Download the latest TrafficLightButtons-*.zip from Releases
2. Go to Settings > Plugins > Install Plugin from Disk...
3. Select the downloaded .zip file and restart the IDE

Getting Started

After install and restart, the traffic light buttons are applied automatically with the default settings (right placement, IDE default order). To customize, go to:

Setting	How to change
Button Placement	Settings > Appearance & Behavior > Traffic Light Buttons > select LEFT/RIGHT
Button Order	Settings > Appearance & Behavior > Traffic Light Buttons > select IDE Default/macOS Style

Note: Changes require an IDE restart to take effect. A restart dialog will appear after applying.

Settings

Settings > Appearance & Behavior > Traffic Light Buttons

• Button Placement — Left or Right (default: Right)
• Button Order — IDE Default or macOS Style (only available for Right placement)
  • IDE Default: Minimize, Maximize, Close
  • macOS Style: Maximize, Minimize, Close

Build

Requires JDK 21.

./build.sh                  # build only
./build.sh [-v|--verify]    # build with plugin verification

The script formats Kotlin sources (if ktlint is available) and builds TrafficLightButtons-<version>.zip inside the build/ directory. Plugin settings and variables are configured at the top of build.sh.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.

Support

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