My error, If you follow my incorrect instructions you will remove the Project Media panel completely. Your instructions are the right way to do it.
Good news, I discovered the "Edit Details" panel while in View>Window and turned it on then docked it with Ctrl+drag. I love it because now I can easily see the active clip name.
I did a screen capture with Snagit but unable to paste it to this post. I see you are able to display screen captures but I don't know how you did it.