Disable shrinking spaces bar in El Capitan

I can't find a single piece of information about my issue. Is it possible to disable the 'feature' that the spaces bar reveals the content only if I hover with the mouse on it? It drives me nuts and I want the spaces bar to act like with the Yosemite update.

I want less space for the windows and more space for images of each virtual desktop by default.

Solution 1:

I made a utility for accomplishing this very thing. If you don't mind that it injects code into the Dock and requires disabling one part of System Integrity Protection, then give it a whirl:

https://github.com/briankendall/forceFullDesktopBar

That github page includes a release and installation instructions.

Solution 2:

I find this extremely annoying. I the closest fix I have found was TotalSpaces2, it's a paid app the manages your spaces. I would really recommend sending feedback to Apple