XFCE panel question

I hope I can phrase this question right. I'm not sure what kind of terminology to use but I'll give it a shot.
How do I get the "Start Panel" and the "Application Tray" to both be on the same panel. I've tried placing them right next to each other but when the Application Try grows when new windows are opened, it expands over the Start Panel. I know it's possible to do because I've seen screenshots like this one:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c … ce-4.4.png
but I'm not sure how to get it that way. I've tried using Panel Manager but I don't know how to add the Application Tray. Also, does anyone know which icon set that is? I'd actually like my desktop to look almost exactly like that.

A thought: is your panel set to be "full width", in the centre? A "normal width" panel in the bottom left, with the Task List's "Minimum Width" parameter set just nicely to hit the right edge of the screen when empty would behave exactly as you describe.
Panel Manager: Fixed Position, centre (ie, one of the middle buttons in the square array of 12 placement buttons), Normal Width.
Task List: Set the Minimum Width to 100. No, really. In a "normal width" panel, it'll always expand to fit the space available, and if you set this value to the lowest possible, you won't run into any more problems if you add more stuff to the panel, or your System Tray fills up with icons: the List will just contract to give them space. Obviously, if it gets too small, you might want to change it to something larger, but for the moment, it should work fine like that.

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Tux the penguin wrote:
Kilzool wrote:
Better yet, whose buying me a 12 pack of beer?
I need a hug too.
You can't solve problems when you're drunk Go ask your mom for a hug
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And my parents are passed. So I guess I need to ask my wife for a hug (however, she is at work).
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welcome to macbook forum.
try this link:
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