the separator and the clock can be moved with drag-and-drop, but after dropping them, they don't move to the right place most of the time (sometimes they do). sometimes they don't move at all, sometimes other panel plugins get moved. this happens in all configurations except when using the separator as 'expanding space' with full width panel. should panel items be movable at all when not in move mode?
This code completely changed in >= 4.7 panel, so please reopen if you still see this problem with the 4.7 panel.