Index: /applications/editors/josm/plugins/relcontext/src/relcontext/RelContextDialog.java
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--- /applications/editors/josm/plugins/relcontext/src/relcontext/RelContextDialog.java	(revision 25714)
+++ /applications/editors/josm/plugins/relcontext/src/relcontext/RelContextDialog.java	(revision 25715)
@@ -143,5 +143,6 @@
         });
         downloadButton.setVisible(false);
-        chosenRelationPanel.setVisible(false);
+        if( Main.pref.getBoolean(PREF_PREFIX + ".hidetopline", false) )
+            chosenRelationPanel.setVisible(false);
 
         // [+][Multi] [X]Adm [X]Tags [X]1
@@ -261,5 +262,5 @@
 
     public void chosenRelationChanged( Relation oldRelation, Relation newRelation ) {
-        if( chosenRelationPanel != null )
+        if( chosenRelationPanel != null && Main.pref.getBoolean(PREF_PREFIX + ".hidetopline", false) )
             chosenRelationPanel.setVisible(newRelation != null);
         if( Main.main.getCurrentDataSet() != null )