Bottom panel only shows application launcher until I open an application

Running Bazzite 41. It is hard to get a screenshot of this but when I first turn on my computer only the application launcher will show in the bottom panel until I actually open something at which point the panel expands to show all of the applications I have pinned to it and the widgets on its right side. In a way it is kind of cool but not sure why it is doing this. For all I know I changed some setting to cause this that I don't remember. Does anyone know how I could fix this?
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δDD
δDD4w ago
could you share a screenshot? if I'm not wrong, I have this kind of issue but only I use two commands to restart the desktop environment (plasmashell)
Dre
DreOP4w ago
Is there a keyboard command for grabbing a screenshot?
δDD
δDD4w ago
printscreen key on your keyboard
Dre
DreOP4w ago
oh of course lol
δDD
δDD4w ago
it should automatically launch your default screenshotting tool (spectacle app on KDE) (you can simply open the app manually as well)
Dre
DreOP4w ago
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Dre
DreOP4w ago
And because I opened spectacle it then expanded.
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δDD
δDD4w ago
alright I think it has to do with this setting, I have it too
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δDD
δDD4w ago
KDE Plasma seems to be a little bit buggy with it, but it's odd that in your case, it happens at startup too
δDD
δDD4w ago
I suggest that in edit mode, you: delete the panel, add the default one again, and put the width setting again to see if the issue persists
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δDD
δDD4w ago
@Dre
Dre
DreOP4w ago
@δDD setting the width value fixed it. I more than likely changed that to fit content at some point and forgot. Thanks for helping with this!
δDD
δDD4w ago
you're welcome!

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