How to soften panel

[Toby Kelsey]

bill taylor wrote:

> is there a way to soften the panel so the box can be moved out the top
> of the screen?

If you right-click on the panel and select 'properties' you can change its
behaviour.  Activate 'autohide' or 'show hide buttons' to make it take up less
screen space.  If that's not enough, you can move it to the left or right of
the screen which should let you go off the top.

Toby