assistance dock

[ironman1]

on my dock there used to be 3 folders...applications..documents..downloads.
Now when I look at the dock I see a folder with applications..1 with documents but the downloads folder looks like a tablet of paper.
How do I get it so that the downloads folder looks like a folder and not a textbook?

Any ideas?

Thanks
ironman

 

[cradom]

Right-click it - Display as folder. About the middle of the list.

 

[ironman1]

tried that and there was nothing there as you described. There is no right click on my mouse
Never saw anything that would allow me to change this notebook into a folder

Anyn further ideas? Thanks

ironman1

 

[chscag]

If your Downloads folder looks like a tablet of paper that means you have something in the downloads folder. Go to your side menu and click on Downloads. Is there anything there? If there is, just delete it if you no longer need it and your Downloads folder will return to looking like a folder again.

 

[chas_m]

There is no right click on my mouse

It's 2014, you should probably fix that.

System Preferences, Mouse and Trackpad.