diff --git a/packages/sw/src/components/sw-footer/SWFooterParts.tsx b/packages/sw/src/components/sw-footer/SWFooterParts.tsx
index e40deff..9d35b60 100644
--- a/packages/sw/src/components/sw-footer/SWFooterParts.tsx
+++ b/packages/sw/src/components/sw-footer/SWFooterParts.tsx
@@ -105,15 +105,24 @@ export interface SWFooterToolButtonProps extends Omit<ButtonHTMLAttributes<HTMLB
   pressed?: boolean
 }
 
-/** 68 × 47 command slot (Figma line / Pline / Arc …). Consecutive slots draw the 1px gold divider between them. */
+/**
+ * 68 × 47 command slot (Figma line / Pline / Arc …). Consecutive slots draw the 1px gold divider between them.
+ * A label longer than the slot ends in … (CSS); without a `title` its full text becomes the native tooltip on hover /
+ * focus, only while it is cut. The accessible name stays the full label (or `aria-label`).
+ */
 export const SWFooterToolButton = forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, SWFooterToolButtonProps>(function SWFooterToolButton(
-  { label, icon, activeIcon, pressed, className, type = "button", ...rest }, ref,
+  { label, icon, activeIcon, pressed, className, type = "button", title, onPointerEnter, onFocus, ...rest }, ref,
 ) {
+  const labelRef = useRef<HTMLSpanElement>(null)
+  const [cut, setCut] = useState(false)
+  // Measured when the tooltip could show (not on every render): the label can only be cut by its own text and font.
+  const measure = () => { const node = labelRef.current; setCut(!!node && node.scrollWidth > node.clientWidth) }
   return (
     <div className="hm-sw-footer-slot">
       <button ref={ref} type={type} className={cx("hm-sw-footer-tool", className)} aria-pressed={pressed ?? false}
-        data-active-icon={activeIcon !== undefined ? "" : undefined} {...rest}>
-        <span className="hm-sw-footer-tool__label">{label}</span>
+        data-active-icon={activeIcon !== undefined ? "" : undefined} title={title ?? (cut ? label : undefined)}
+        onPointerEnter={event => { measure(); onPointerEnter?.(event) }} onFocus={event => { measure(); onFocus?.(event) }} {...rest}>
+        <span ref={labelRef} className="hm-sw-footer-tool__label">{label}</span>
         {icon !== undefined && <span className="hm-sw-footer-tool__icon hm-sw-footer-tool__icon--default" aria-hidden="true">{icon}</span>}
         {activeIcon !== undefined && <span className="hm-sw-footer-tool__icon hm-sw-footer-tool__icon--active" aria-hidden="true">{activeIcon}</span>}
       </button>
diff --git a/packages/sw/src/theme/sw-footer.css b/packages/sw/src/theme/sw-footer.css
index 9e63565..bf4c3c4 100644
--- a/packages/sw/src/theme/sw-footer.css
+++ b/packages/sw/src/theme/sw-footer.css
@@ -278,7 +278,9 @@
   overflow: hidden;
   line-height: 16px;
   text-align: center;
-  text-overflow: clip;
+  /* A command longer than the slot (POLYGON, WIPEOUT …) ends in … inside the same 64px; the full name stays the
+     accessible name and shows as the tooltip (SWFooterToolButton). Slot, font and centering are unchanged. */
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
   white-space: nowrap;
   text-shadow: var(--hm-sw-header-text-outline);
 }