XFCE - Taskbar / Clock / "Window Buttons" plugin rotated by 90 degrees

Hello all,
Back then I solved somehow on XFCE 4.10 that Window buttons were showed properly, not rotated by 90 degrees on XFCE when I put the panel on the right side. Now I can't find it how did I do it and also can't find anything on Google. Any ideas?
As now my panel is on the right side, but the window swticher shows text rotated by 90 degrees.
Thanks in advance!

Change the Panel Mode to "Deskbar". Setting is located at Panel Preferences >> Display tab.

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xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/en_GB/
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xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin.mo
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/id/
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/
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xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/it/
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xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/ja/
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin.mo
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xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/nb_NO/LC_MESSAGES/
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xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin.mo
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/ru/
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin.mo
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/sq/
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin.mo
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xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/vi/
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/
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xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/xfce4/doc/C/images/mailwatch-mailbox-type.png
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/xfce4/doc/C/images/mailwatch-maildir-settings.png
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/xfce4/doc/C/images/mailwatch-mbox-settings.png
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/xfce4/doc/C/images/mailwatch-mh-settings.png
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/xfce4/doc/C/images/mailwatch-panel-indicator.png
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xfce4-mailwatch-plugin /usr/share/xfce4/panel-plugins/
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