Resizing the menu panel

The menu panel can have two sizes: small and big.

small panel		big panel

To change the panel's size, click its background while holding the Control key. Choose Make Bigger from the displayed menu to switch to the bigger panel and Make Smaller to switch to the smaller panel.

Alternatively, you can also change the size of the menu panel by opening the Application Wizard pane in System Preferences, clicking the General tab and selecting the desired size in the Panel size pop-up menu.