Bottom panel disappeared

[EarlGrey167]

I was trying to, well, I don't even remember what I was trying to do now, but anyway, my panel at the bottom disappeared. To describe what I'm talking about, like if I opened FireFox (sorry, just not a Konqueror fan)it would show FireFox down at the bottom and what ever other program I might be running. Is there anyway to get that back? Thanks!!

[EarlGrey167]

Re: Bottom panel disappeared

Oh, and sorry, I forgot to mention I'm running Kubuntu 10.04. Thanks again.

[Snowhog]

Re: Bottom panel disappeared

Are you missing the 'entire' panel, or just that part of it that showed what applications you had running? If the 'entire' panel:

Right-click on the 'cashew' in the upper-right corner of the desktop and click on Add Panel. Then, to add Task Manager (the widget that shows you your running applications), right-click on an empty area of the Panel and then mouse on Panel Options > Add Widgets... and in the Search window (the one to the upper-left with the vertical blinking cursor) type Task Manager. Then right-click and hold, then drag the Task Manger icon to the Panel and let go of the mouse button. There you are.

[EarlGrey167]

Re: Bottom panel disappeared

Worked like a charm! Thanks!!

[Snowhog]

Re: Bottom panel disappeared

You're welcome. You can 'save yourself from yourself' by locking widgets.

On the Panel, right-click on an empty area and select Panel Options > Lock Widgets. When you want to add/remove widgets, either Panel Widgets or Desktop Widgets, all you have to do is Unlock Widgets in the same way.