03-08-2014, 03:42 PM
You may have the panel not maximized, so it is taking the least amount of needed space (XP does not do that). You can change that under panel preferences, where "Automatically increase the length" may be checked. Instead, you can uncheck that and set the "Length (%)" to 100.
I prefer to have the panel take less space and I position it wherever I want it. See here.
I prefer to have the panel take less space and I position it wherever I want it. See here.