Hi Norman, you may have added a divider into the panel or an object into the panel that takes up room but is invisible. Try right clicking the "space" and see if you get a "remove from panel" option Mark <div class="gmail_quote">On 21 April 2010 09:22, Norman Silverstone <<a href="mailto:norman@littletank.org">norman@littletank.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I am using Ubuntu 9.10 and have used Ubuntu from the very first version. When an application is selected a box appears on the bottom panel with the application name etc. and the first application selected always appears on the extreme left hand side of the panel. At least it did until this morning. I must have done something of which I am not aware and now the first application box appears on the bottom panel about 4cm in from the LHS. It is almost as if another application has been selected which has no name and no box but occupies the space of a box. Has anyone any idea on what I need to do to rectify this situation, please. Norman -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div>