What have I done?

[Ken M Sexton]

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>Ken M Sexton wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>Greetings readers,
>>>>I am running RH7.2 and using the KDE GUI. I was checking (i.e. 
>>>>fiddling) with some of the options for my desktop under the K menu and 
>>>>have given myself a puzzle!
>>>>In the panel across the bottom of the screen are icons for various 
>>>>programs. To their right is a small diagram of four workspaces which 
>>>>change colour as I use them. Next is a space where the particular 
>>>>applications I have opened are shown. But they are not showing unless I 
>>>>click on the right hand edge of this space. I would prefer them to be 
>>>>visible all the time a program is running.
>>>>What have I done to lose this feature - or hide it?
>>>>Thanks
>>>>Ken
>>>
>>>
>>>Ken,
>>>    Sounds to me like you turned on the 'Auto-Hide' feature. Drag the 
>>> bar out, right click it and look for properties. I think you'll find 
>>> this feature set in there somewhere.
>>>
>>>- Mark
>>
>>Thanks Mark but that is not the answer. I had tried that and checked 
>>again. None of the options under Panel/Hiding are checked but still "no show".
>>The area to which I am referring is in the middle of the panel, (if 
>>"panel" is the correct name for the display across the *whole* of the 
>>bottom of the screen) but does it perhaps go by another name? The rest of 
>>the panel is visible all the time, by the way .
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>Yes, that's the "panel".  Check on the far right of the panel and see if
>there's a thin vertical bar with something that looks like a hatch
>pattern in it.  If so, drag it to the left and see if your application
>list window shows up again.  If it does, stretch it to the size you want
>and let go of the left mouse button.  You should then be able to right
>click on that section to pop up a menu.  Select "Move" and it'll track
>the mouse movement on the panel.  Move it to where you want on the
>panel, then left click to release it.  Save your session when you're
>done.

  Thank you, Rick.

With all due respect I think you misunderstand my problem. The panel is 
visible all the time. It shows various icons on the left, another couple of 
icons on the right and my digital clock, and two vertical bars at the 
extreme RH edge, one with a left facing small solid triangle, the other 
with a right facing one.

Between the two groups of icons (roughly in the middle of the panel) is a 
representation of four windows in a small 2x2 rectangle and then my 
application list window.

The problem is that the application list window has stopped showing me 
which applications are active. If I click in the window they all appear. 
But I would like to have them as they were, visible all the time.

Cheers
Ken