Description of problem: 
Taskbar applet cannot be made to occupy all available free space 
in the kicker's panel. See the screenshots. 
 
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 
kdebase-3.0.3-13 (RedHat Linux 8.0) 
 
How reproducible: 
When the task bar does not occupy all available space, try to 
drag it in order to extend. After the mouse button is released, 
the task bar will shrink to a rather small size.