From a32a1a8da3e3170ed2caca26579376dfface394e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vaxry <43317083+vaxerski@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 19:53:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] desktop/windowRule: fix matching CONTENT (#13636)

ref #13596
---
 hyprtester/src/tests/main/window.cpp       | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/desktop/rule/Rule.cpp                  |  2 +-
 src/desktop/rule/windowRule/WindowRule.cpp |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hyprtester/src/tests/main/window.cpp b/hyprtester/src/tests/main/window.cpp
index 2bded63aa..d4d6ee71d 100644
--- a/hyprtester/src/tests/main/window.cpp
+++ b/hyprtester/src/tests/main/window.cpp
@@ -658,6 +658,33 @@ static bool testWindowRuleWorkspaceEmpty() {
     return true;
 }
 
+static void testContentRules() {
+    NLog::log("{}Testing content window rules", Colors::YELLOW);
+
+    // kill me PLEASE
+
+    OK(getFromSocket("/keyword windowrule match:class kitty_bitch, content game"));
+    OK(getFromSocket("/keyword windowrule match:content game, border_size 10"));
+    OK(getFromSocket("/keyword windowrule match:content 3, opacity 0.5"));
+
+    getFromSocket("/dispatch workspace 420");
+
+    if (!spawnKitty("kitty_bitch")) {
+        NLog::log("{}Error: failed to spawn kitty", Colors::RED);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    {
+        auto res = getFromSocket("/getprop active border_size");
+        EXPECT_CONTAINS(res, "10");
+    }
+
+    {
+        auto res = getFromSocket("/getprop active opacity");
+        EXPECT_CONTAINS(res, "0.5");
+    }
+}
+
 static bool test() {
     NLog::log("{}Testing windows", Colors::GREEN);
 
@@ -1122,6 +1149,7 @@ static bool test() {
     testWindowRuleFocusOnActivate();
     testPinnedWorkspacesValid();
     testWindowRuleWorkspaceEmpty();
+    testContentRules();
 
     NLog::log("{}Reloading config", Colors::YELLOW);
     OK(getFromSocket("/reload"));
diff --git a/src/desktop/rule/Rule.cpp b/src/desktop/rule/Rule.cpp
index ab5525e8a..5e3141cdd 100644
--- a/src/desktop/rule/Rule.cpp
+++ b/src/desktop/rule/Rule.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static const std::unordered_map<eRuleProperty, eRuleMatchEngine> RULE_ENGINES =
     {RULE_PROP_FULLSCREENSTATE_INTERNAL, RULE_MATCH_ENGINE_INT}, //
     {RULE_PROP_FULLSCREENSTATE_CLIENT, RULE_MATCH_ENGINE_INT},   //
     {RULE_PROP_ON_WORKSPACE, RULE_MATCH_ENGINE_WORKSPACE},       //
-    {RULE_PROP_CONTENT, RULE_MATCH_ENGINE_INT},                  //
+    {RULE_PROP_CONTENT, RULE_MATCH_ENGINE_REGEX},                //
     {RULE_PROP_XDG_TAG, RULE_MATCH_ENGINE_REGEX},                //
     {RULE_PROP_NAMESPACE, RULE_MATCH_ENGINE_REGEX},              //
     {RULE_PROP_EXEC_TOKEN, RULE_MATCH_ENGINE_REGEX},             //
diff --git a/src/desktop/rule/windowRule/WindowRule.cpp b/src/desktop/rule/windowRule/WindowRule.cpp
index 8028e482d..08cd16030 100644
--- a/src/desktop/rule/windowRule/WindowRule.cpp
+++ b/src/desktop/rule/windowRule/WindowRule.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ bool CWindowRule::matches(PHLWINDOW w, bool allowEnvLookup) {
                     return false;
                 break;
             case RULE_PROP_CONTENT:
-                if (!engine->match(w->getContentType()) && !engine->match(NContentType::toString(w->getContentType())))
+                if (!engine->match(std::format("{}", sc<size_t>(w->getContentType()))) && !engine->match(NContentType::toString(w->getContentType())))
                     return false;
                 break;
             case RULE_PROP_XDG_TAG: