workstation/roles/home/tasks/mate.yml

---
- name: Copy MATE panel layout
  become: true
  copy:
    src: mate-acp.layout
    dest: "{{ prefix }}/share/mate-panel/layouts/acp.layout"
  vars:
    prefix: "{{ '/usr/local' if ansible_distribution == 'FreeBSD' else '/usr' }}"
- name: Detect running mate-panel process
  pids:
    name: mate-panel
  register: mate_panel
- name: Set default panel layout
  dconf:
    key: /org/mate/panel/general/default-layout
    value: "'acp'"
  register: layout_changed
  when: mate_panel.pids | length > 0
- name: Reset panel
  command: mate-panel --reset || true
  when: layout_changed.changed and mate_panel.pids | length > 0
  ignore_errors: yes
  changed_when: false
- name: Add cities to clock applet
  dconf:
    key: /org/mate/panel/objects/clock/prefs/cities
    value: ['<location name="" city="Luton" timezone="Europe/London" latitude="51.866669" longitude="-0.366667" code="EGGW" current="true"/>', '<location name="" city="Washington" timezone="America/New_York" latitude="38.848331" longitude="-77.034164" code="KDCA" current="false"/>', '<location name="" city="San Francisco" timezone="America/Los_Angeles" latitude="37.619720" longitude="-122.364723" code="KSFO" current="false"/>', '<location name="UTC" city="" timezone="GMT" latitude="-0.000000" longitude="-0.000000" code="-" current="false"/>']
  when: mate_panel.pids | length > 0
- name: Set workspace switcher to two rows
  dconf:
    key: /org/mate/panel/objects/workspace-switcher/prefs/num-rows
    value: 2
  when: mate_panel.pids | length > 0
- name: Expand locations in clock
  dconf:
    key: /org/mate/panel/objects/clock/prefs/expand-locations
    value: 'true'
  when: mate_panel.pids | length > 0