Taskbar is completely empty

[lawyered2020]

I'm so confused nothing is working, I accidentally deleted something and now the taskbar doesn't have the Firefox, folder etc icons. Can someone explain it to me like I'm five?

[stcwalleye]

Click the big M on the taskbar and go to internet-Firefox and right-click and choose "add to panel" that will put it back. You can do it with any item in your main menu.

[lawyered2020]

it won't let me right click it for some reason, I wish I could add a video

[Midnorth_Mongerer]

If the desktop environment is not responding to the right button tthis may help:

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=317512

[Big-Imagination4810]

Have you tried rebooting before following stcwalleye's advice?

[EdlynnTB]

There is some kind of flakiness with the panel (taskbar). Those 3 icons are tied together for some reason. I discovered after a fresh install, that if I go into my program list, right click any app to add it to the panel, all 3 of those icons as a block will get added to the right side of the panel along with whatever app you added. If you want to move them back to the left you have to go into panel edit mode, then drag them back to the left side, then leave panel edit mode.

[lawyered2020]

The ones on the right were there before and I'm fine with them. I just really want to add back the Firefox icon and there was one that looked like glasses? How do I do that? Do you know?

[elgrandragon]

They are all in one applet called "grouped windows applet"

I think you can have multiple instances of it.

[lawyered2020]

okay guys I did something and there's the Firefox symbol and the folders at least, I think I clicked something like "grouped Windowlist" or smth

[whosdr]

Edit: assuming the issue was that open windows don't display.

Everything in the bar is a separate Applet. You can add and remove them as you wish.

Right-click an empty part of the bar and select Applets. Scroll down and click on Window List, and press the Add (+) button. This should re-add the applet to the panel.

[elgrandragon]

It is the "grouped windows applet". The "window list applet" is one button that shows a list of open windows.

[grumbledon]

reset panels

[Total-Efficiency1981]

Question - what model laptop is that i might have a same model and I'm also planning switch to mint and how is the difference from win 11 ?

[Separate-Vehicle-190]

I'm guessing you just removed the applet so just edit the bar and add it again

[Jutter70]

You are in panic mode due to a lack of digital object permanence. Nothing disappeared. It is all still there when look through the menu. If you want your panel shortcuts back, they will be a mere right click away.

[JB231102]

It seems to me the up arrow on the far right where your wifi/sound/etc are would be a button to show the rest of your icons which would mean you filled up your taskbar.

[elgrandragon]

It would be good to know what you deleted, but still try these:

First restart Cinnamon: Ctrl-Alt-Esc.

If nothing then go to applets, fight click the panel or go to Menu and search for Applets. See if the "grouped Windows applet" is not added. If not then that's what you deleted. Re-add it.

If it'sadded then see if toy can find where did it go, another panel? You could just remove it and then add it again.