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[Emmanuel THIERRY <861272@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,
Thanks for having registered the bug. However, please note that even using the technique you propose (that sounds simple), it is actually very complex ! Yet, i don't think that my gnome configuration is odd, i don't use to hack this part of my system.
There is no anchor to drag and drop the top panel, and when trying to drag it, it looks to be locked. There is no button to unlock it, even when right clicking to the panel (at least in my locale). The only way i found to move it was to right click on the bar => Properties => Uncheck the "Extend" box, then it is draggable so drag it, then recheck the "Extend" box. Of course, i had to do that for both top and down panels. I hope that you understand how far it is unergonomic.
The topic you linked shows that gnome people doesn't care much about it, you shouldn't rely on them to fix it...

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/861272

Title:
  No easy way to configure default monitor (regression)

Status in GNOME Control Center:
  Confirmed
Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Whenever a new monitor is plugged, the desktop may switch to an inappropriate screen. System settings should permit to change the default monitor, but they don't.
  The gnome-display-properties tool (or its equivalent) has regressed from its Hardy version, which permitted to set the default monitor. While the current one, provided by default in the gnome-control-center package, has much less features.
  This is a very bug for normal users which shouldn't have to:
   - Install a third party package to do this very basic operation
   - Rely on drivers and tools of their graphic card, which might not provide a specific tool to handle multi-screen or other basic features
   - Hack their xorg configuration, as it is proposed in these kind of tutorials [http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/multi-ecran] (i haven't check on ubuntu.com, but i'm sure it is exactly the same)

  Note that this bug should be considered as important because Ubuntu
  people often argue that their system is usable by "human beings", and
  then because the tested distribution is an up to date 10.4 LTS (so
  still supported).

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