RESTART MYSQL WORKBENCH
under the window title there is a house icon and a welcome screen, welcomeToMysqlWorkbench and at the bottom are your MysqlConnections
open some connection by double clicking
from the top you see, the house icon, menu, toolbar and usually there are two tabs [Admin] and the other is [Schema]
you only see items from [Admin] and not your schemas
on the left the panel continues, with two more tabs [object info] and [session]
7) above [object info] and [session] there is a dividing line, which you can grab with your mouse and move it down