feat: add alternating autotiling

jay-config/src/_private/client.rs

@@ -2079,6 +2079,12 @@ impl ConfigClient {
         self.send(&ClientMessage::SetAutotile { enabled });
     }
 
+    pub fn get_autotile(&self) -> bool {
+        let res = self.send_with_response(&ClientMessage::GetAutotile);
+        get_response!(res, false, GetAutotile { enabled });
+        enabled
+    }
+
     pub fn set_tab_title_align(&self, align: u32) {
         self.send(&ClientMessage::SetTabTitleAlign { align });
     }

jay-config/src/_private/ipc.rs

@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ pub enum ClientMessage<'a> {
     SetAutotile {
         enabled: bool,
     },
+    GetAutotile,
     SetTabTitleAlign {
         align: u32,
     },
@@ -1189,6 +1190,9 @@ pub enum Response {
     GetCornerRadius {
         radius: f32,
     },
+    GetAutotile {
+        enabled: bool,
+    },
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]

jay-config/src/lib.rs

@@ -453,14 +453,21 @@ pub fn get_corner_radius() -> f32 {
 
 /// Enables or disables autotiling.
 ///
-/// When enabled, new windows are automatically placed in a perpendicular
-/// sub-container if the predicted body would be narrower than tall (or vice versa).
+/// When enabled, newly tiled windows alternate split orientation from the
+/// focused tiled window: the first split uses the containing group's direction,
+/// then subsequent splits wrap the focused window in the perpendicular
+/// direction.
 ///
 /// The default is `false`.
 pub fn set_autotile(enabled: bool) {
     get!().set_autotile(enabled)
 }
 
+/// Returns whether autotiling is enabled.
+pub fn get_autotile() -> bool {
+    get!(false).get_autotile()
+}
+
 /// Sets the horizontal alignment of title text within tab buttons.
 ///
 /// - `"start"` — left-aligned (default)