Answered - Workflow editor, left pane, container elements & step type hidden

Hello,
How do I restore the workflow container & step types to the left pane of the workflow editor? Looking at the attached screen print, you can see that they are missing. Obviously, if can't see step types, I can't drag a step type into the editor pane.
We are on Basis version 702, patch 11.
Thanks
Bruce
ANSWER:
Clicking on the thin yellow line at the bottom of the "Navigation area" displayed a drop down list, from which the different options can be selected.

Thanks for the detailed feedback. There's a lot of stuff here. I'm watching the video and we'll try and see if I can reproduce any obvious bugs. For the other things I'll log and review against other customer feedback to see what changed make the most sense. The more people that give us feedback the easier it is to know what to work on next. Currently working on improving the elements panel and will try to get some general bug fixes in on the way. Thanks again for the feedback and thanks for using Reflow!
Chris

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