How do I keep the Applied Effects/Motion menu open while working?

Do they let themselves be contacted for consumer software issues and suggestions?

If you have a link, please post it here. 

And thank you for taking the time to answer my question.

I'd like to stay with the software, but it's very hard to do so

given the software's behavior.

With the greatest of respect to Adobe and the Premiere Elements team, am I the first person to have asked about this problematic feature?

Over the years I've been using Premiere Elements for my professional work -- it's does everything I need and it's a breeze to use.  But I can also tell you that, over the years (from version 10 onwards) I've probably lost days if not weeks of time constantly re-opening adjustment panels that snap shut in the middle of an edit.

By now everyone knows about  the competition in the video editing software market.

How can Adobe (bless them) not fix such a blatant disregard for value of the user's time?

How can I bill a client by the hour, when so much time is spent wrestling with the software?

Forget about the moral obligation to fix this problem.

It's also bad business.