Comment 15 for bug 36189

Here's a workaround. I did not test it very well. It keeps the objects at the same position. Simple go the the directory ~/.gconf/apps/panel/applets/ and set the %gconf.xml to read-only after setting the position. The Shutdown-Dialog-gconf.xml is located in ~/.gconf/apps/panel/objects/session_dialog_screen0/. To make the applets stick to the right open gconf-editor goto apps/panel/applets/appletOfChoice and set panel_right_stick to 1. To order the applets from right to left set the position in gconf to 0 for the one at the border and 1 for the next one and so on. E.g. position=0 for session_dialog, position=1 for clock, position=2 for mixer, position=3 for notification-area.