I had to click the "Overlap Windows Taskbar" button on Options/Display tab. Otherwise the text triggers only showed up behind the EQ window.
there is also a setting some where in an .ini file for WindowAlwaysOnTop=0, but I could never find that .ini file. I'm guessing this is set or cleared by the Overlap Windos Taskbar button.
Hope this helps someone. It had me stumped for a couple weeks.