diff --git a/negpy/desktop/view/styles/templates.py b/negpy/desktop/view/styles/templates.py
index e2f120b9..565087c5 100644
--- a/negpy/desktop/view/styles/templates.py
+++ b/negpy/desktop/view/styles/templates.py
@@ -40,16 +40,20 @@ def default_button_height() -> int:
     return _default_btn_height
 
 
-def wrap_tooltip(text: str) -> str:
+def wrap_tooltip(text: str, footer: str = "") -> str:
     """Plain-text tooltips never word-wrap in Qt; rich text does. Wrap in <qt> so
     long tooltips break into lines instead of spanning the screen. Text that
     already carries markup (e.g. tooltip_with_shortcut's chips) must pass through
-    unescaped or its tags render as literal text."""
-    if text.startswith("<qt>"):
-        return text
-    if "<" in text and ">" in text:
-        return f"<qt>{text}</qt>"
-    return f"<qt>{html.escape(text)}</qt>"
+    unescaped or its tags render as literal text.
+
+    `footer` is trusted markup appended inside the <qt> document, so callers adding
+    a boilerplate line don't have to re-implement the escape/passthrough rule."""
+    if not text.startswith("<qt>"):
+        body = text if ("<" in text and ">" in text) else html.escape(text)
+        text = f"<qt>{body}</qt>"
+    if footer:
+        text = text.removesuffix("</qt>") + footer + "</qt>"
+    return text
 
 
 def hint_label(text: str = "", kind: str = "muted") -> QLabel:
diff --git a/negpy/desktop/view/widgets/export_settings_form.py b/negpy/desktop/view/widgets/export_settings_form.py
index 3e8bfa3e..098cea2e 100644
--- a/negpy/desktop/view/widgets/export_settings_form.py
+++ b/negpy/desktop/view/widgets/export_settings_form.py
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ def _build_jxl(self, root: QVBoxLayout) -> None:
         jxl_box.addWidget(self.jxl_lossless_check)
 
         self.jxl_distance_spin = CompactSlider("Distance", 0.0, 15.0, 1.0, step=0.1)
-        self.jxl_distance_spin.label.setToolTip("libjxl distance: ~1.0 ≈ visually lossless, higher = more loss")
+        self.jxl_distance_spin.setToolTip("libjxl distance: ~1.0 ≈ visually lossless, higher = more loss")
         self.jxl_distance_spin.valueChanged.connect(self._on_changed)
         jxl_box.addWidget(self.jxl_distance_spin)
 
         self.jxl_effort_spin = CompactSlider("Effort", 1, 9, 7, step=1, precision=1)
-        self.jxl_effort_spin.label.setToolTip("Encoder effort: higher = slower, smaller file")
+        self.jxl_effort_spin.setToolTip("Encoder effort: higher = slower, smaller file")
         self.jxl_effort_spin.valueChanged.connect(self._on_changed)
         jxl_box.addWidget(self.jxl_effort_spin)
 
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ def _build_webp(self, root: QVBoxLayout) -> None:
         webp_box.addWidget(self.webp_lossless_check)
 
         self.webp_quality_spin = CompactSlider("Quality", 1, 100, 90, step=1, precision=1)
-        self.webp_quality_spin.label.setToolTip("Lossy: visual quality. Lossless: compression effort.")
+        self.webp_quality_spin.setToolTip("Lossy: visual quality. Lossless: compression effort.")
         self.webp_quality_spin.valueChanged.connect(self._on_changed)
         webp_box.addWidget(self.webp_quality_spin)
 
         self.webp_method_spin = CompactSlider("Method", 0, 6, 4, step=1, precision=1)
-        self.webp_method_spin.label.setToolTip("Encoder effort: higher = slower, smaller file")
+        self.webp_method_spin.setToolTip("Encoder effort: higher = slower, smaller file")
         self.webp_method_spin.valueChanged.connect(self._on_changed)
         webp_box.addWidget(self.webp_method_spin)
 
diff --git a/negpy/desktop/view/widgets/sliders.py b/negpy/desktop/view/widgets/sliders.py
index 7d6ff3f7..bb60569f 100644
--- a/negpy/desktop/view/widgets/sliders.py
+++ b/negpy/desktop/view/widgets/sliders.py
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 from negpy.desktop.view.styles.templates import EditedDot, slider_label_qss, slider_handle_qss, wrap_tooltip
 
 
+# text_secondary, not text_muted: #555 on the #161616 tooltip background is ~2.4:1.
+_RESET_HINT = f'<div style="color:{THEME.text_secondary};">Double-click to reset</div>'
+
+
 class _NoScrollSlider(QSlider):
     def __init__(self, *args, default_pos: Optional[float] = None, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ class BaseSlider(QWidget):
     dragEnded = pyqtSignal()
 
     def setToolTip(self, text: str) -> None:
-        super().setToolTip(wrap_tooltip(text))
+        super().setToolTip(wrap_tooltip(text, _RESET_HINT))
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -288,7 +292,7 @@ def __init__(
         header.setSpacing(2)  # explicit: the VBox spacing (0) would otherwise collapse the label<->edited-dot gap
         self.label = QLabel(label)
         self.label.setStyleSheet(slider_label_qss(self._label_color))
-        self.label.setToolTip(f"{label} (double-click to reset)")
+        self.setToolTip(label)
 
         self._edited_dot = EditedDot()
 
@@ -324,6 +328,13 @@ def __init__(
         layout.addLayout(header)
         layout.addWidget(self.slider)
 
+    def setToolTip(self, text: str) -> None:
+        """Mirror onto the label: a child with its own tooltip shadows the parent's, and
+        without one here the label would show nothing on hover. toolTip() is the already
+        wrapped string, so the reset footer is never appended twice."""
+        super().setToolTip(text)
+        self.label.setToolTip(self.toolTip())
+
     def enterEvent(self, event) -> None:
         self.spin.setMaximumWidth(self._spin_full_width)
         super().enterEvent(event)
diff --git a/tests/test_slider_tooltips.py b/tests/test_slider_tooltips.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7b12f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_slider_tooltips.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+"""A CompactSlider's title label must show the same tooltip as its groove: a child
+with its own tooltip shadows the parent's, so the label used to repeat only the
+control name while the explanatory text sat on the container."""
+
+from negpy.desktop.view.shortcut_registry import tooltip_with_shortcut
+from negpy.desktop.view.widgets.sliders import CompactSlider
+
+
+def test_label_tooltip_defaults_to_name_plus_reset_hint():
+    s = CompactSlider("Density", 0.0, 4.0, 1.0)
+
+    assert s.toolTip().startswith("<qt>")
+    assert "Density" in s.toolTip()
+    assert "Double-click to reset" in s.toolTip()
+    assert s.label.toolTip() == s.toolTip()
+
+
+def test_explanatory_tooltip_reaches_both_halves():
+    s = CompactSlider("Density", 0.0, 4.0, 1.0)
+    s.setToolTip("Overall print density — lower = brighter")
+
+    assert "Overall print density" in s.toolTip()
+    assert s.toolTip().count("Double-click to reset") == 1
+    assert s.label.toolTip() == s.toolTip()
+
+
+def test_shortcut_chips_survive_unescaped():
+    s = CompactSlider("Density", 0.0, 4.0, 1.0)
+    s.setToolTip(tooltip_with_shortcut("Print density", ["density_up", "density_down"]))
+
+    assert "<table" in s.toolTip()
+    assert "&lt;table" not in s.toolTip()
+    # The hint follows the chips, inside the <qt> document.
+    assert s.toolTip().index("<table") < s.toolTip().index("Double-click to reset")
+    assert s.toolTip().endswith("</qt>")
+    assert s.label.toolTip() == s.toolTip()
+
+
+def test_plain_text_still_escaped():
+    s = CompactSlider("Ratio", 0.0, 4.0, 1.0)
+    s.setToolTip("a < b")
+
+    assert "a &lt; b" in s.toolTip()
+
+
+def test_export_form_sliders_tooltip_the_container():
+    """These four used to tooltip only .label, leaving the groove bare."""
+    from negpy.desktop.view.widgets.export_settings_form import ExportSettingsForm
+
+    form = ExportSettingsForm()
+
+    assert "libjxl" in form.jxl_distance_spin.toolTip()
+    assert form.jxl_distance_spin.label.toolTip() == form.jxl_distance_spin.toolTip()
+    assert "Encoder effort" in form.webp_method_spin.toolTip()