How to scale panel to stay on screen?

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How to scale panel to stay on screen?

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My previous post about having two panels was Fixed!

But I just discovered that when I have more than 7 open windows, the tabs on the lower panel go off screen. I have tried the "scaling" thing in the panel settings, but it does not affect the off-screen thing.

Is there a way to keep the open tabs on-screen by scaling smaller horizontally, but not vertically?

The panel is setup as "Windows List", with the notification area that has date/time and a few notifications icons in it on the right hand side. When I open a new program/app, the window tab appears just to the left of the notification area, and continues to the left as more are added. I just don't want them to start going off screen when I add more than 7.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks.
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Re: How to scale panel to stay on screen?

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Right click on the panel with windows list (tabs) and choose 'Add applets to panel'
Scroll down to Windows list then click the configure button, enable the bottom option
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Re: How to scale panel to stay on screen?

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all41,

Thanks. I have a "Windows List" panel on the bottom. The issue is trying to more than 7 window tabs viewable. When I add an 8th window, the tab simply goes off screen to the left.

What I would like to do, if possible, is have the tabs scale down in horizontal size so that all the tabs stay viewable and selectable. Is that possible?

Sorry if I was unclear in my OP.
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