PANEL disappeared, help needed

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I have the panel (taskbar) positioned on top. I then turned on “auto hide” in the panel properties (Gnome) to maximize the screen.

The panel surely disappeared. The problem is that I cannot get it back no matter how much I hoover or click with the mouse - it is gone!..

So how do I get it back??? I am rather new to Linux, but I figure that there should be a config file somewhere where I can set “auto hide” to false or something like this…

If there is a simpler way to get the panel back - please let me know, it would be much appreciated!

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  • Install gconf-editor if it’s not already installed:
    zypper in gconf-editor
  • start it
    /usr/bin/gconf-editor
  • under /apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel , unckeck ‘autohide’
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open gconf-editor
find auto_hide key
change to false

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Problem solved. Its a bit weird, because I didn’t find a top_panel. I did however find the /apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel_screen0

where I set the autohide to off. And that made it…

Thanks alot guys! That made my day!

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No, it’s not weird. I am the one being weird. That’s the name I gave to that panel. I didn’t have that in mind, sorry. bottom_panel_screen0 is what most people have, as it is the default.