--- a/services/NotifData.qml	2026-08-19 18:24:10.833866562 +0800
+++ b/services/NotifData.qml	2026-08-19 18:24:22.487840106 +0800
@@ -39,6 +39,17 @@
     property bool hasActionIcons
     property list<var> actions

+    // Invoking a notification action is the one moment focus transfer is known
+    // to be user intent. Windows carrying a focus_on_activate=false rule cannot
+    // raise themselves (on Wayland an app's "notice me" and "the user clicked,
+    // open me" are the same xdg-activation request, so the compositor cannot
+    // tell them apart) -- raise the sender here instead, via a dispatcher.
+    function focusSender(): void {
+        const entry = notification?.desktopEntry ?? "";
+        if (entry)
+            Hypr.dispatch(Hypr.usingLua ? `hl.dsp.focus({ window = "class:^(${entry})$" })` : `focuswindow class:^(${entry})$`);
+    }
+
     readonly property bool hasFullscreen: {
         const monitor = Hypr.focusedMonitor;
         const specialName = monitor?.lastIpcObject.specialWorkspace?.name;
@@ -157,7 +168,11 @@
                         // qmllint enable unresolved-type
                         identifier: a.identifier,
                         text: a.text,
-                        invoke: () => a.invoke()
+                        invoke: () => {
+                            a.invoke();
+                            if (a.identifier === "default")
+                                notif.focusSender();
+                        }
                     }));
         }

@@ -237,7 +252,11 @@
                     // qmllint enable unresolved-type
                     identifier: a.identifier,
                     text: a.text,
-                    invoke: () => a.invoke()
+                    invoke: () => {
+                        a.invoke();
+                        if (a.identifier === "default")
+                            notif.focusSender();
+                    }
                 }));
     }
 }