KDE4 Panel Disaster - Help

Hey guys ... back to Arch linux again after a small break with Ubuntu for a few months. I always come back to Arch and love it. Also moving from Gnome back to KDE and I am using KDE4 from testing.
I need some help with my KDE4 panel. I deleted the panel. Then added the panel back but have 2 problems.
1. I lost the widget which adds a block for each open application/window. I cannot find the widget to add it back. I need to see which applications/windows are open! Ahh.
2. I want some quicklaunch icons on the bar. I added Quicklaunch but now have 3 icons spaced widely apart on the panel. How do I move the icons, shrink the quicklaunch widget in the panel and customise to new quicklaunch apps?

You can move the widgets when you press the cashew on the right side of the panel (when the widgets are unlocked). Adding icons (and removing them) works with a right click on the widget (=one of the existing icons).
I don't think limiting the widget in its size is possible, but you always can shrink the panel.

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