docs/ipc: document the tree request / reply

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@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ SUBSCRIBE (2)::
GET_OUTPUTS (3)::
Gets the current outputs. The reply will be a JSON-encoded list of outputs
(see the reply section).
GET_TREE (4)::
Gets the layout tree. i3 uses a tree as data structure which includes
every container. The reply will be the JSON-encoded tree (see the reply
section).
So, a typical message could look like this:
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@ -104,6 +108,8 @@ SUBSCRIBE (2)::
Confirmation/Error code for the SUBSCRIBE message.
GET_OUTPUTS (3)::
Reply to the GET_OUTPUTS message.
GET_TREE (4)::
Reply to the GET_TREE message.
=== COMMAND reply
@ -229,6 +235,190 @@ rect (map)::
]
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=== GET_TREE reply
The reply consists of a serialized tree. Each node in the tree (representing
one container) has at least the properties listed below. While the nodes might
have more properties, please do not use any properties which are not documented
here. They are not yet finalized and will probably change!
id (integer)::
The internal ID (actually a C pointer value) of this container. Do not
make any assumptions about it. You can use it to (re-)identify and
address containers when talking to i3.
name (string)::
The internal name of this container. For all containers which are part
of the tree structure down to the workspace contents, this is set to a
nice human-readable name of the container.
For all other containers, the content is not defined (yet).
border (string)::
Can be either "normal", "none" or "1pixel", dependending on the
containers border style.
layout (string)::
Can be either "default", "stacked", "tabbed", "dockarea" or "output".
Other values might be possible in the future, should we add new
layouts.
orientation (string)::
Can be either "none" (for non-split containers), "horizontal" or
"vertical".
percent (float)::
The percentage which this container takes in its parent. A value of
+null+ means that the percent property does not make sense for this
container, for example for the root container.
rect (map)::
The absolute display coordinates for this container. Display
coordinates means that when you have two 1600x1200 monitors on a single
X11 Display (the standard way), the coordinates of the first window on
the second monitor are +{ "x": 1600, "y": 0, "width": 1600, "height":
1200 }+.
window_rect (map)::
The coordinates of the *actual client window* inside its container.
These coordinates are relative to the container and do not include the
window decoration (which is actually rendered on the parent container).
So, when using the +default+ layout, you will have a 2 pixel border on
each side, making the window_rect +{ "x": 2, "y": 0, "width": 632,
"height": 366 }+ (for example).
geometry (map)::
The original geometry the window specified when i3 mapped it. Used when
switching a window to floating mode, for example.
urgent (bool)::
Whether this container (window or workspace) has the urgency hint set.
focused (bool)::
Whether this container is currently focused.
Please note that in the following example, I have left out some keys/values
which are not relevant for the type of the node. Otherwise, the example would
be by far too long (it already is quite long, despite showing only 1 window and
one dock window).
It is useful to have an overview of the structure before taking a look at the
JSON dump:
* root
** LVDS1
*** topdock
*** content
**** workspace 1
***** window 1
*** bottomdock
**** dock window 1
** VGA1
*Example:*
-----------------------
{
"id": 6875648,
"name": "root",
"rect": {
"x": 0,
"y": 0,
"width": 1280,
"height": 800
},
"nodes": [
{
"id": 6878320,
"name": "LVDS1",
"layout": "output",
"rect": {
"x": 0,
"y": 0,
"width": 1280,
"height": 800
},
"nodes": [
{
"id": 6878784,
"name": "topdock",
"layout": "dockarea",
"orientation": "vertical",
"rect": {
"x": 0,
"y": 0,
"width": 1280,
"height": 0
},
},
{
"id": 6879344,
"name": "content",
"rect": {
"x": 0,
"y": 0,
"width": 1280,
"height": 782
},
"nodes": [
{
"id": 6880464,
"name": "1",
"orientation": "horizontal",
"rect": {
"x": 0,
"y": 0,
"width": 1280,
"height": 782
},
"floating_nodes": [],
"nodes": [
{
"id": 6929968,
"name": "#aa0000",
"border": "normal",
"percent": 1,
"rect": {
"x": 0,
"y": 18,
"width": 1280,
"height": 782
}
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": 6880208,
"name": "bottomdock",
"layout": "dockarea",
"orientation": "vertical",
"rect": {
"x": 0,
"y": 782,
"width": 1280,
"height": 18
},
"nodes": [
{
"id": 6931312,
"name": "#00aa00",
"percent": 1,
"rect": {
"x": 0,
"y": 782,
"width": 1280,
"height": 18
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
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== Events
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