editing xfce4rc

[purslow at sympatico.ca]

wanting to swap  2  panel-launcher items
-- one is in the panel itself, the other in the list in the drawer -- ,
i edited  ~/.xfce4/xfce4rc  & swapped the relevant lines therein
(yes, i did notice that one has a 'caption' & the other doesn't).
however, even after a reboot the old version of the panel remained
& somehow XFCE had replaced my edited version with the old one.
there doesn't seem to be a file anywhere in  ~/.xfce4  to copy from
nor is there anything in  /etc/xfce4 , so where was it restored from ?
more to the point, why was it restored ?
surely, i sb able to edit a config file to my taste & have it obeyed.

am i missing something simple or do i have to wait for DnD in 4.2 ?

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