budgie:
never
intelligent
automatic
answer: intelligent?
AlphaElwedritsch is right. all DE's different.
theking2 In auto mode how do I force the bar to appear?
If it is visible how to I hide it again?
isn't this behavior cursor-driven? Or moving-a-window-to-the-taskbar driven?
A true dock I can hide til the cows come home.
I never ever tried to hide a taskbar so gotta imagine it works similar.
Furnish DE and someone can dial you in as Alpha said.