Why panel does not autohide if the taskbar is in the same "zone"?

[Jasper Huijsmans]

Xan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I have taskbar and panel at bottom and panel with autohide (and taskbar 
> with no-autohide option), then the panel does not autohide. The same happens 
> if we have the panel and taskbar at top.
> 
> Why?
> How I can get that panel hides in this situation?. The ideal situation for me 
> is that I have the taskbar at bottom and panel on the taskbar, that autohide 
> when the mouse is not onto it. So when panel is hide, I have taskbar and, 
> upper this, a thin bar (that is the hide panel).
> 

The panel can only hide on the edges of the screen. I think this is a 
reasonable restriction. The hidden size of the panel is so small that it 
is very hard to hit with the mouse quickly, which I consider a serious 
problem.

	Jasper