diff --git a/.changeset/rare-pumas-repeat.md b/.changeset/rare-pumas-repeat.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a845151cc84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rare-pumas-repeat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+---
diff --git a/packages/swingset/src/stories/button.mdx b/packages/swingset/src/stories/button.mdx
index 5c447778fc8..e0ce70678e9 100644
--- a/packages/swingset/src/stories/button.mdx
+++ b/packages/swingset/src/stories/button.mdx
@@ -122,3 +122,23 @@ which color and variant it is stays legible while it's unavailable. Hover and pr
 by the styles, not by `pointer-events`: the button stays hit-testable, which is what makes
 `cursor: not-allowed` render at all and what lets a wrapping tooltip explain _why_ it's disabled.
 That tooltip is worth adding — a disabled control with no explanation is a dead end.
+
+### Touch target
+
+Every size is shorter than the 44px a fingertip needs, so under `pointer: coarse` the button grows
+its hit area with an invisible overlay — the rendered size doesn't change, and nothing shifts on a
+mouse. Default shape grows on the block axis only; square and circle grow on both, being as narrow
+as they are short. `link` is text, not a control, and never takes one.
+
+Opt out with `touchTarget={false}` where buttons sit close enough for the overlays to overlap — a
+dense icon toolbar, a tight stack. Overlap isn't symmetrical: the later sibling's overlay covers
+the edge of the one before it, so a tap there activates the wrong button.
+
+```tsx
+<Button
+  shape='square'
+  touchTarget={false}
+>
+  ×
+</Button>
+```
diff --git a/packages/swingset/src/stories/button.stories.tsx b/packages/swingset/src/stories/button.stories.tsx
index 03fc14af232..af32b82d31b 100644
--- a/packages/swingset/src/stories/button.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/swingset/src/stories/button.stories.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export const meta: StoryMeta = {
       size: { sm: {}, md: {}, lg: {} },
       shape: { default: {}, square: {}, circle: {} },
       fullWidth: { true: {}, false: {} },
+      touchTarget: { true: {}, false: {} },
     },
     _defaultVariants: {
       color: 'primary',
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export const meta: StoryMeta = {
       size: 'md',
       shape: 'default',
       fullWidth: false,
+      touchTarget: true,
     },
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/mosaic/components/button/button.styles.ts b/packages/ui/src/mosaic/components/button/button.styles.ts
index 25e6c7f99f3..f09d9d62b6e 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/mosaic/components/button/button.styles.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/mosaic/components/button/button.styles.ts
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ export const styles = stylex.create({
       default: 'none',
       ':focus-visible': `2px solid ${colorVars['--cl-color-primary']}`,
     },
-    // The size axis fixes the height, so overflowing content clips instead of spilling out.
-    overflow: 'hidden',
     alignItems: 'center',
     // Strips UA control styling so what's below is the whole appearance, not an override.
     appearance: 'none',
@@ -113,16 +111,34 @@ export const styles = stylex.create({
     paddingInlineStart: 0,
   },
 
-  // Under a coarse pointer the control floors at the target size. Its own atom rather than a
-  // per-size override: the floor is one physical constant, and `link` — text, not a control —
-  // opts out by not receiving it. `minHeight` leaves the fixed height in charge otherwise.
+  // Under a coarse pointer the hit area floors at the target size — grown by an overlay
+  // rather than by `min-height`, so the button keeps the size its axis gives it and only the
+  // region answering a tap gets bigger. Its own atom rather than a per-size override: the
+  // floor is one physical constant, and `link` — text, not a control — opts out by not
+  // receiving it.
+  //
+  // The insets resolve against the button's own box, so one expression covers every size:
+  // the overlay lands at exactly the target height whatever the shortfall, and clamps to the
+  // button's bounds once the control is already past the floor. `position` is scoped to the
+  // media query too — a fine pointer generates no overlay, so it shouldn't take on the
+  // stacking change either.
   touchTarget: {
-    minHeight: { default: null, '@media (pointer: coarse)': targetVars['--cl-target-coarse'] },
+    position: { default: null, '@media (pointer: coarse)': 'relative' },
+    '::after': {
+      insetBlock: `min(0px, (100% - ${targetVars['--cl-target-coarse']}) / 2)`,
+      // Text buttons are already past the floor inline — growing that axis too would only
+      // reach into a neighbor's space for nothing.
+      insetInline: 0,
+      content: { default: null, '@media (pointer: coarse)': '""' },
+      position: 'absolute',
+    },
   },
-  // Icon buttons are square, so the floor has to reach the inline axis too or the target
+  // Icon buttons are square, so the floor has to reach the inline axis as well or the region
   // ends up tall and narrow.
   touchTargetIcon: {
-    minWidth: { default: null, '@media (pointer: coarse)': targetVars['--cl-target-coarse'] },
+    '::after': {
+      insetInline: `min(0px, (100% - ${targetVars['--cl-target-coarse']}) / 2)`,
+    },
   },
 
   // state / modifiers
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/mosaic/components/button/button.test.tsx b/packages/ui/src/mosaic/components/button/button.test.tsx
index 163b799b8bb..6fd7f0162b6 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/mosaic/components/button/button.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/mosaic/components/button/button.test.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,36 @@ describe('Mosaic Button', () => {
     expect(button).toBeEnabled();
   });
 
+  // The touch target is an overlay with no attribute of its own, so these compare the atoms
+  // the element ends up with rather than a reflected variant.
+  it('drops the touch-target atoms when the prop is off', () => {
+    const { rerender } = render(<Button>Hi</Button>);
+    const on = screen.getByRole('button').className.split(' ');
+    rerender(<Button touchTarget={false}>Hi</Button>);
+    const off = screen.getByRole('button').className.split(' ');
+    expect(off.length).toBeLessThan(on.length);
+    expect(off.every(atom => on.includes(atom))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('leaves the touch target off a link, which is text rather than a control', () => {
+    const { rerender } = render(<Button variant='link'>Hi</Button>);
+    const on = screen.getByRole('button').className;
+    rerender(
+      <Button
+        variant='link'
+        touchTarget={false}
+      >
+        Hi
+      </Button>,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button').className).toBe(on);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the touch-target prop off the element', () => {
+    render(<Button touchTarget={false}>Hi</Button>);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button')).not.toHaveAttribute('touchtarget');
+  });
+
   it('wires variant props and consumer className/style through to the element', () => {
     render(
       <Button
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/mosaic/components/button/button.tsx b/packages/ui/src/mosaic/components/button/button.tsx
index 93e92d42e30..df42713e57d 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/mosaic/components/button/button.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/mosaic/components/button/button.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ export interface ButtonProps extends Omit<MosaicComponentProps<'button'>, 'rende
   size?: 'sm' | 'md' | 'lg';
   shape?: 'default' | 'square' | 'circle';
   fullWidth?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Floors the hit area at the recommended touch target under a coarse pointer, without
+   * changing the rendered size. Defaults to `true`. Pass `false` where buttons sit close
+   * enough that the grown areas would overlap — a dense icon toolbar, a tight stack — since
+   * the later sibling's area would otherwise cover the edge of the one before it. Has no
+   * effect on `variant='link'`, which is text rather than a control.
+   */
+  touchTarget?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -81,6 +89,7 @@ export const Button = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, ButtonProps>(function
     size = 'md',
     shape = 'default',
     fullWidth = false,
+    touchTarget = true,
     disabled = false,
     className,
     style,
@@ -90,6 +99,7 @@ export const Button = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, ButtonProps>(function
   ref,
 ) {
   const isIconShape = shape === 'square' || shape === 'circle';
+  const hasTouchTarget = touchTarget && variant !== 'link';
   return (
     <button
       ref={ref}
@@ -104,8 +114,8 @@ export const Button = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, ButtonProps>(function
           shape === 'square' && styles.shapeSquare,
           shape === 'circle' && styles.shapeCircle,
           isIconShape && iconSizes[size],
-          variant !== 'link' && styles.touchTarget,
-          variant !== 'link' && isIconShape && styles.touchTargetIcon,
+          hasTouchTarget && styles.touchTarget,
+          hasTouchTarget && isIconShape && styles.touchTargetIcon,
           fullWidth && styles.fullWidth,
           disabled && styles.disabled,
         ),