From a25e81d3e0f6e0519f058741e36bbbd464d80faa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "T. von Dein" <scip@noreply.codeberg.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 22:22:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add Node.Is* predicates to comfortably check node type (#4)

---
 node.go    | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 swayipc.go |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index 7720bc1..0f9a6a5 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	NodeTypeRoot      = iota + 1 // A root node
-	NodeTypeOutput               // An output node
-	NodeTypeWorkspace            // A workspace
-	NodeTypeCon                  // A container node (containing more nodes)
-	NodeTypeFloating             // A floating node
+	NodeTypeRoot      = "root"
+	NodeTypeOutput    = "output"
+	NodeTypeWorkspace = "workspace"
+	NodeTypeCon       = "con"
+	NodeTypeFloating  = "floating_con"
 )
 
 // Node  can be an output,  a workspace, a container  or a container
@@ -86,6 +86,26 @@ func (node *Node) FindCurrentWorkspace() string {
 	return searchCurrentWorkspace(node.Nodes)
 }
 
+func (node *Node) IsRoot() bool {
+	return node.Type == NodeTypeRoot
+}
+
+func (node *Node) IsOutput() bool {
+	return node.Type == NodeTypeOutput
+}
+
+func (node *Node) IsWorkspace() bool {
+	return node.Type == NodeTypeWorkspace
+}
+
+func (node *Node) IsContainer() bool {
+	return node.Type == NodeTypeCon
+}
+
+func (node *Node) IsFloating() bool {
+	return node.Type == NodeTypeFloating
+}
+
 // searchCurrentWorkspace search for current workspace
 func searchCurrentWorkspace(nodes []*Node) string {
 	for _, node := range nodes {
diff --git a/swayipc.go b/swayipc.go
index fe00838..09b5ca0 100644
--- a/swayipc.go
+++ b/swayipc.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	VERSION = "v2.1.0"
+	VERSION = "v2.1.1"
 
 	IpcHeaderSize = 14
 	IpcMagix      = "i3-ipc"