diff --git a/patches/activation-rules/README.md b/patches/activation-rules/README.md
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+### Description
+Allow certain clients to be focused on activation requests.
+
+### Download
+- [main 2024-09-03](/dwl/dwl-patches/raw/branch/main/patches/activation-rules/activation-rules.patch)
+
+### Authors
+- [sevz](https://codeberg.org/sevz)
diff --git a/patches/activation-rules/activation-rules.patch b/patches/activation-rules/activation-rules.patch
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+From f06b23ec91aa019e529e23c18c14bde867b4ed0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Leonardo=20Hern=C3=A1ndez=20Hern=C3=A1ndez?=
+ <leohdz172@proton.me>
+Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 23:04:32 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] allow clients to be focused on activation requests
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Not all clients are allow to do so. Users can specify which clients through rules
+
+Signed-off-by: Leonardo Hernández Hernández <leohdz172@proton.me>
+---
+ config.def.h |  7 ++++---
+ dwl.c        | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
+ 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index 22d2171d..1a61ffb2 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ static int log_level = WLR_ERROR;
+ 
+ /* NOTE: ALWAYS keep a rule declared even if you don't use rules (e.g leave at least one example) */
+ static const Rule rules[] = {
+-	/* app_id             title       tags mask     isfloating   monitor */
++	/* app_id             title       tags mask     isfloating   allow_activation monitor */
+ 	/* examples: */
+-	{ "Gimp_EXAMPLE",     NULL,       0,            1,           -1 }, /* Start on currently visible tags floating, not tiled */
+-	{ "firefox_EXAMPLE",  NULL,       1 << 8,       0,           -1 }, /* Start on ONLY tag "9" */
++	{ "Gimp_EXAMPLE",     NULL,       0,            1,           0,               -1 }, /* Start on currently visible tags floating, not tiled */
++	{ "firefox_EXAMPLE",  NULL,       1 << 8,       0,           0,               -1 }, /* Start on ONLY tag "9" */
++	{ "emacs_EXAMPLE",    NULL,       0,            0,           1,               -1 }, /* Allow to be focused through activations requests */
+ };
+ 
+ /* layout(s) */
+diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
+index 9021e442..106099ed 100644
+--- a/dwl.c
++++ b/dwl.c
+@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ typedef struct {
+ #endif
+ 	unsigned int bw;
+ 	uint32_t tags;
++	int allow_activation;
+ 	int isfloating, isurgent, isfullscreen;
+ 	uint32_t resize; /* configure serial of a pending resize */
+ } Client;
+@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ typedef struct {
+ 	const char *title;
+ 	uint32_t tags;
+ 	int isfloating;
++	int allow_activation;
+ 	int monitor;
+ } Rule;
+ 
+@@ -466,6 +468,7 @@ applyrules(Client *c)
+ 		if ((!r->title || strstr(title, r->title))
+ 				&& (!r->id || strstr(appid, r->id))) {
+ 			c->isfloating = r->isfloating;
++			c->allow_activation = r->allow_activation;
+ 			newtags |= r->tags;
+ 			i = 0;
+ 			wl_list_for_each(m, &mons, link) {
+@@ -2899,10 +2902,20 @@ urgent(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data)
+ 		return;
+ 
+ 	c->isurgent = 1;
+-	printstatus();
++	if (!client_surface(c)->mapped) {
++		printstatus();
++		return;
++	}
+ 
+-	if (client_surface(c)->mapped)
++	if (event->token->seat && event->token->surface && c->allow_activation) {
++		selmon = c->mon;
++		if (!VISIBLEON(c, c->mon))
++			view(&((Arg){.ui = c->tags}));
++		focusclient(c, 1);
++	} else {
+ 		client_set_border_color(c, urgentcolor);
++		printstatus();
++	}
+ }
+ 
+ void
+@@ -3112,10 +3125,22 @@ sethints(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data)
+ 		return;
+ 
+ 	c->isurgent = xcb_icccm_wm_hints_get_urgency(c->surface.xwayland->hints);
+-	printstatus();
++	if (!surface || !surface->mapped) {
++		printstatus();
++		return;
++	}
+ 
+-	if (c->isurgent && surface && surface->mapped)
+-		client_set_border_color(c, urgentcolor);
++	if (c->isurgent) {
++		if (c->allow_activation) {
++			selmon = c->mon;
++			if (!VISIBLEON(c, c->mon))
++				view(&((Arg){.ui = c->tags}));
++			focusclient(c, 1);
++		} else {
++			client_set_border_color(c, urgentcolor);
++			printstatus();
++		}
++	}
+ }
+ 
+ void
+-- 
+2.46.0
+