add unique IDs to containers

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/sway/container.h b/include/sway/container.h
index 215c0b07..67b747a0 100644
--- a/include/sway/container.h
+++ b/include/sway/container.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define _SWAY_CONTAINER_H
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <wlc/wlc.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 
 #include "list.h"
 
@@ -58,6 +59,12 @@ struct sway_container {
 	 */
 	wlc_handle handle;
 
+	/**
+	 * A unique ID to identify this container. Primarily used in the
+	 * get_tree JSON output.
+	 */
+	size_t id;
+
 	enum swayc_types type;
 	enum swayc_layouts layout;
 	enum swayc_layouts prev_layout;