diff --git a/src/input.c b/src/input.c
index f689696..dd2a796 100644
--- a/src/input.c
+++ b/src/input.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ void input_handle_click(unsigned int button, bool button_down, int mouse_x, int
                         continue;
                 }
 
-                if (act == MOUSE_DO_ACTION || act == MOUSE_CLOSE_CURRENT || act == MOUSE_CONTEXT) {
+                if (act == MOUSE_DO_ACTION || act == MOUSE_CLOSE_CURRENT || act == MOUSE_CONTEXT || act == MOUSE_OPEN_URL) {
                         int y = settings.separator_height;
                         struct notification *n = NULL;
                         int first = true;
@@ -67,12 +67,10 @@ void input_handle_click(unsigned int button, bool button_down, int mouse_x, int
                                         n->marked_for_closure = REASON_USER;
                                 } else if (act == MOUSE_DO_ACTION) {
                                         notification_do_action(n);
+                                } else if (act == MOUSE_OPEN_URL) {
+                                        notification_open_url(n);
                                 } else {
-                                        GList *notifications = NULL;
-                                        notifications = g_list_append(notifications, n);
-                                        notification_lock(n);
-
-                                        context_menu_for(notifications);
+                                        notification_open_context_menu(n);
                                 }
                         }
                 }
diff --git a/src/notification.c b/src/notification.c
index e9ab576..86f97ce 100644
--- a/src/notification.c
+++ b/src/notification.c
@@ -649,29 +649,45 @@ void notification_update_text_to_render(struct notification *n)
 }
 
 /* see notification.h */
-void notification_do_action(const struct notification *n)
+void notification_do_action(struct notification *n)
 {
+        assert(n->default_action_name);
+        
         if (g_hash_table_size(n->actions)) {
-                if (g_hash_table_contains(n->actions, "default")) {
-                        signal_action_invoked(n, "default");
+                if (g_hash_table_contains(n->actions, n->default_action_name)) {
+                        signal_action_invoked(n, n->default_action_name);
                         return;
                 }
-                if (g_hash_table_size(n->actions) == 1) {
+                if (strcmp(n->default_action_name, "default") == 0 && g_hash_table_size(n->actions) == 1) {
                         GList *keys = g_hash_table_get_keys(n->actions);
                         signal_action_invoked(n, keys->data);
                         g_list_free(keys);
                         return;
                 }
-                context_menu();
+                notification_open_context_menu(n);
 
-        } else if (n->urls) {
-                if (strstr(n->urls, "\n"))
-                        context_menu();
-                else
-                        open_browser(n->urls);
         }
 }
 
+/* see notification.h */
+void notification_open_url(struct notification *n)
+{
+        if (strstr(n->urls, "\n"))
+                notification_open_context_menu(n);
+        else
+                open_browser(n->urls);
+}
+
+/* see notification.h */
+void notification_open_context_menu(struct notification *n)
+{
+        GList *notifications = NULL;
+        notifications = g_list_append(notifications, n);
+        notification_lock(n);
+
+        context_menu_for(notifications);
+}
+
 void notification_invalidate_actions(struct notification *n) {
         g_hash_table_remove_all(n->actions);
 }
diff --git a/src/notification.h b/src/notification.h
index 1107bfd..bfaab72 100644
--- a/src/notification.h
+++ b/src/notification.h
@@ -196,11 +196,24 @@ void notification_replace_single_field(char **haystack,
 void notification_update_text_to_render(struct notification *n);
 
 /**
- * If the notification has exactly one action, or one is marked as default,
- * invoke it. If there are multiple and no default, open the context menu. If
- * there are no actions, proceed similarly with urls.
+ * If the notification has an action named n->default_action_name or there is only one
+ * action and n->default_action_name is set to "default", invoke it. If there is no
+ * such action, open the context menu if threre are other actions. Otherwise, do nothing.
  */
-void notification_do_action(const struct notification *n);
+void notification_do_action(struct notification *n);
+
+/**
+ * If the notification has exactly one url, invoke it. If there are multiple,
+ * open the context menu. If there are no urls, do nothing.
+ */
+void notification_open_url(struct notification *n);
+
+/**
+ * Open the context menu for the notification.
+ * 
+ * Convenience function that creates the GList and passes it to context_menu_for().
+ */
+void notification_open_context_menu(struct notification *n);
 
 /**
  * Remove all client action data from the notification.