notifications: add option to execute default action on body click

instead of expanding text

fixes #2425

quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml

@@ -899,6 +899,7 @@ Singleton {
     property bool notificationOverlayEnabled: false
     property bool notificationPopupShadowEnabled: true
     property bool notificationPopupPrivacyMode: false
+    property bool notificationPopupBodyInvokesAction: false
     property bool notificationForegroundLayers: true
     property int overviewRows: 2
     property int overviewColumns: 5

quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js

@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ var SPEC = {
     notificationOverlayEnabled: { def: false },
     notificationPopupShadowEnabled: { def: true },
     notificationPopupPrivacyMode: { def: false },
+    notificationPopupBodyInvokesAction: { def: false },
     notificationForegroundLayers: { def: true },
     overviewRows: { def: 2, persist: false },
     overviewColumns: { def: 5, persist: false },

quickshell/Modules/Notifications/Popup/NotificationPopup.qml

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ PanelWindow {
     readonly property string clearText: I18n.tr("Dismiss")
     property bool descriptionExpanded: false
     readonly property bool hasExpandableBody: (notificationData?.htmlBody || "").replace(/<[^>]*>/g, "").trim().length > 0
+    readonly property bool bodyClickInvokesAction: SettingsData.notificationPopupBodyInvokesAction && (notificationData?.actions?.length ?? 0) > 0
     onDescriptionExpandedChanged: {
         if (connectedFrameMode)
             popupChromeGeometryChanged();
@@ -176,6 +177,11 @@ PanelWindow {
         popupContextMenuLoader.active = false;
     }
 
+    function invokeDefaultAction() {
+        notificationData.actions[0].invoke();
+        NotificationService.dismissNotification(notificationData);
+    }
+
     function dismissPopupReliably() {
         if (!notificationData || win.exiting || win._isDestroying)
             return;
@@ -966,10 +972,16 @@ PanelWindow {
 
                         MouseArea {
                             anchors.fill: parent
-                            cursorShape: parent.hoveredLink ? Qt.PointingHandCursor : (bodyText.hasMoreText || descriptionExpanded) ? Qt.PointingHandCursor : Qt.ArrowCursor
+                            cursorShape: (parent.hoveredLink || win.bodyClickInvokesAction || bodyText.hasMoreText || descriptionExpanded) ? Qt.PointingHandCursor : Qt.ArrowCursor
 
                             onClicked: mouse => {
-                                if (!parent.hoveredLink && (bodyText.hasMoreText || descriptionExpanded))
+                                if (parent.hoveredLink || win.exiting)
+                                    return;
+                                if (win.bodyClickInvokesAction) {
+                                    win.invokeDefaultAction();
+                                    return;
+                                }
+                                if (bodyText.hasMoreText || descriptionExpanded)
                                     win.descriptionExpanded = !win.descriptionExpanded;
                             }
 
@@ -1023,7 +1035,7 @@ PanelWindow {
                 iconSize: compactMode ? 14 : 16
                 buttonSize: compactMode ? 20 : 24
                 z: 15
-                visible: SettingsData.notificationPopupPrivacyMode && win.hasExpandableBody
+                visible: (SettingsData.notificationPopupPrivacyMode || win.bodyClickInvokesAction) && win.hasExpandableBody
 
                 onClicked: {
                     if (win.hasExpandableBody)
@@ -1155,6 +1167,10 @@ PanelWindow {
                             menu.showAt(win.margins.left + p.x, win.margins.top + p.y, win.screen);
                         }
                     } else if (mouse.button === Qt.LeftButton) {
+                        if (win.bodyClickInvokesAction) {
+                            win.invokeDefaultAction();
+                            return;
+                        }
                         const canExpand = bodyText.hasMoreText || win.descriptionExpanded || (SettingsData.notificationPopupPrivacyMode && win.hasExpandableBody);
                         if (canExpand) {
                             win.descriptionExpanded = !win.descriptionExpanded;

quickshell/Modules/Settings/NotificationsTab.qml

@@ -342,6 +342,15 @@ Item {
                     onToggled: checked => SettingsData.set("notificationPopupPrivacyMode", checked)
                 }
 
+                SettingsToggleRow {
+                    settingKey: "notificationPopupBodyInvokesAction"
+                    tags: ["notification", "popup", "click", "body", "action", "invoke", "expand", "open"]
+                    text: I18n.tr("Body Click Runs Default Action")
+                    description: I18n.tr("Clicking a popup runs its first action instead of expanding the body")
+                    checked: SettingsData.notificationPopupBodyInvokesAction
+                    onToggled: checked => SettingsData.set("notificationPopupBodyInvokesAction", checked)
+                }
+
                 SettingsToggleRow {
                     settingKey: "notificationFocusedMonitor"
                     tags: ["notification", "popup", "focused", "monitor", "display", "screen", "active"]

quickshell/translations/settings_search_index.json

@@ -6915,6 +6915,32 @@
     ],
     "description": "Control animation duration for notification popups and history"
   },
+  {
+    "section": "notificationPopupBodyInvokesAction",
+    "label": "Body Click Runs Default Action",
+    "tabIndex": 17,
+    "category": "Notifications",
+    "keywords": [
+      "action",
+      "alerts",
+      "body",
+      "click",
+      "clicking",
+      "default",
+      "expand",
+      "expanding",
+      "first",
+      "invoke",
+      "messages",
+      "notification",
+      "notifications",
+      "open",
+      "popup",
+      "runs",
+      "toast"
+    ],
+    "description": "Clicking a popup runs its first action instead of expanding the body"
+  },
   {
     "section": "notificationBodyFontSize",
     "label": "Body Font Size",