woodman3,

this may happen if you have disabled javascript. Make it is enabled. The dashboard toolbar is all made possible to a bunch of javascript.

Java is running and I updated it to be sure. This is what my dashboard looks like. http://www.flickr.com/photos/home_interest_us/2810991688/
any other ideas appreciated...

JBL

you just have to change your admin skin or apply it again, then it's going to work like before..

Make sure the stylesheet of your skin (/skins/YOURSKIN/style.css) strts with:

@import url(../../rsc/css/basic.css);	/* Import basic styles */
@import url(../../rsc/css/img.css);	/* Import standard image styles */
@import url(../../rsc/css/blog_elements.css);	/* Import standard blog elements styles */
@import url(../../rsc/css/forms.css);	/* Import default form styles */
@import url(../../rsc/css/comments.css);	/* Import default comment styles */

Especially the first line imports styles for the toolbar.

Good luck