diff --git a/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavItem.tsx b/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavItem.tsx
index e8a349f0..8d53ce7f 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavItem.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavItem.tsx
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ import { useAutoDiscoveryInfo } from '../../hooks/useAutoDiscoveryInfo';
 import { livekitSupport } from '../../hooks/useLivekitSupport';
 import { StateEvent } from '../../../types/matrix/room';
 import { webRTCSupported } from '../../utils/rtc';
+import { PhoneHitSpread24 } from '../../styles/PhoneHit.css';
 
 type RoomNavItemMenuProps = {
   room: Room;
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ function CallChatToggle() {
 
   return (
     <IconButton
+      className={PhoneHitSpread24}
       onClick={() => setChat(!chat)}
       aria-pressed={chat}
       aria-label="Toggle Chat"
@@ -436,6 +438,7 @@ export function RoomNavItem({
             }
           >
             <IconButton
+              className={PhoneHitSpread24}
               onClick={handleOpenMenu}
               aria-pressed={!!menuAnchor}
               aria-controls={`menu-${room.roomId}`}
diff --git a/src/app/features/room/CallChatView.tsx b/src/app/features/room/CallChatView.tsx
index 6c32f4a0..fe40eb50 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/CallChatView.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/CallChatView.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Page, PageHeader } from '../../components/page';
 import { callChatAtom } from '../../state/callEmbed';
 import { RoomView } from './RoomView';
 import { ScreenSize, useScreenSizeContext } from '../../hooks/useScreenSize';
+import { PhoneHit } from '../../styles/PhoneHit.css';
 
 export function CallChatView() {
   const { eventId } = useParams();
@@ -41,7 +42,12 @@ export function CallChatView() {
               }
             >
               {(triggerRef) => (
-                <IconButton ref={triggerRef} variant="Surface" onClick={handleClose}>
+                <IconButton
+                  className={PhoneHit}
+                  ref={triggerRef}
+                  variant="Surface"
+                  onClick={handleClose}
+                >
                   <Icon src={Icons.Cross} />
                 </IconButton>
               )}
diff --git a/src/app/features/room/MembersDrawer.tsx b/src/app/features/room/MembersDrawer.tsx
index d9205076..3162eff0 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/MembersDrawer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/MembersDrawer.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import { useSpaceOptionally } from '../../hooks/useSpace';
 import { ContainerColor } from '../../styles/ContainerColor.css';
 import { useFlattenPowerTagMembers, useGetMemberPowerTag } from '../../hooks/useMemberPowerTag';
 import { useRoomCreators } from '../../hooks/useRoomCreators';
+import { PhoneHit } from '../../styles/PhoneHit.css';
 
 type MemberDrawerHeaderProps = {
   room: Room;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ function MemberDrawerHeader({ room }: MemberDrawerHeaderProps) {
           >
             {(triggerRef) => (
               <IconButton
+                className={PhoneHit}
                 ref={triggerRef}
                 variant="Background"
                 onClick={() => setPeopleDrawer(false)}
@@ -359,6 +361,7 @@ export function MembersDrawer({ room, members }: MembersDrawerProps) {
 
             <ScrollTopContainer scrollRef={scrollRef} anchorRef={scrollTopAnchorRef}>
               <IconButton
+                className={PhoneHit}
                 onClick={() => virtualizer.scrollToOffset(0)}
                 variant="Surface"
                 radii="Pill"
diff --git a/src/app/features/room/RoomViewTyping.tsx b/src/app/features/room/RoomViewTyping.tsx
index 1142a3a8..9e0266e9 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/RoomViewTyping.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/RoomViewTyping.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { getMxIdLocalPart } from '../../utils/matrix';
 import * as css from './RoomViewTyping.css';
 import { useMatrixClient } from '../../hooks/useMatrixClient';
 import { useRoomTypingMember } from '../../hooks/useRoomTypingMembers';
+import { PhoneHit } from '../../styles/PhoneHit.css';
 
 export type RoomViewTypingProps = {
   room: Room;
@@ -111,7 +112,13 @@ export const RoomViewTyping = as<'div', RoomViewTypingProps>(
               </>
             )}
           </Text>
-          <IconButton title="Drop Typing Status" size="300" radii="Pill" onClick={handleDropAll}>
+          <IconButton
+            className={PhoneHit}
+            title="Drop Typing Status"
+            size="300"
+            radii="Pill"
+            onClick={handleDropAll}
+          >
             <Icon size="50" src={Icons.Cross} />
           </IconButton>
         </Box>
diff --git a/src/app/features/room/jump-to-time/JumpToTime.tsx b/src/app/features/room/jump-to-time/JumpToTime.tsx
index 223c6cf6..4b231856 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/jump-to-time/JumpToTime.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/jump-to-time/JumpToTime.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { getToday, getYesterday, timeDayMonthYear, timeHourMinute } from '../../
 import { DatePicker, TimePicker } from '../../../components/time-date';
 import { useSetting } from '../../../state/hooks/settings';
 import { settingsAtom } from '../../../state/settings';
+import { PhoneHit } from '../../../styles/PhoneHit.css';
 
 type JumpToTimeProps = {
   onCancel: () => void;
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ export function JumpToTime({ onCancel, onSubmit }: JumpToTimeProps) {
               <Box grow="Yes">
                 <Text size="H4">Jump to Time</Text>
               </Box>
-              <IconButton size="300" onClick={onCancel} radii="300">
+              <IconButton className={PhoneHit} size="300" onClick={onCancel} radii="300">
                 <Icon src={Icons.Cross} />
               </IconButton>
             </Header>
diff --git a/src/app/features/room/message/MessageEditor.tsx b/src/app/features/room/message/MessageEditor.tsx
index 2d7f2097..45d79eb7 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/message/MessageEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/message/MessageEditor.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import { useMatrixClient } from '../../../hooks/useMatrixClient';
 import { getEditedEvent, getMentionContent, trimReplyFromFormattedBody } from '../../../utils/room';
 import { mobileOrTablet } from '../../../utils/user-agent';
 import { useComposingCheck } from '../../../hooks/useComposingCheck';
+import { PhoneHitSpread32 } from '../../../styles/PhoneHit.css';
 
 type MessageEditorProps = {
   roomId: string;
@@ -289,6 +290,7 @@ export const MessageEditor = as<'div', MessageEditorProps>(
                 </Box>
                 <Box gap="Inherit">
                   <IconButton
+                    className={PhoneHitSpread32}
                     variant="SurfaceVariant"
                     size="300"
                     radii="300"
@@ -322,6 +324,7 @@ export const MessageEditor = as<'div', MessageEditorProps>(
                         }
                       >
                         <IconButton
+                          className={PhoneHitSpread32}
                           aria-pressed={anchor !== undefined}
                           onClick={
                             ((evt) =>
diff --git a/src/app/features/room/reaction-viewer/ReactionViewer.tsx b/src/app/features/room/reaction-viewer/ReactionViewer.tsx
index 6c686bc5..b1a674d9 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/reaction-viewer/ReactionViewer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/reaction-viewer/ReactionViewer.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { useMediaAuthentication } from '../../../hooks/useMediaAuthentication';
 import { useOpenUserRoomProfile } from '../../../state/hooks/userRoomProfile';
 import { useSpaceOptionally } from '../../../hooks/useSpace';
 import { getMouseEventCords } from '../../../utils/dom';
+import { PhoneHit } from '../../../styles/PhoneHit.css';
 
 export type ReactionViewerProps = {
   room: Room;
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ export const ReactionViewer = as<'div', ReactionViewerProps>(
             <Box grow="Yes">
               <Text size="H3" truncate>{`Reacted with :${selectedShortcode}:`}</Text>
             </Box>
-            <IconButton size="300" onClick={requestClose}>
+            <IconButton className={PhoneHit} size="300" onClick={requestClose}>
               <Icon src={Icons.Cross} />
             </IconButton>
           </Header>
diff --git a/src/app/features/room/room-pin-menu/RoomPinMenu.tsx b/src/app/features/room/room-pin-menu/RoomPinMenu.tsx
index 9986849f..25fe835f 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/room-pin-menu/RoomPinMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/room-pin-menu/RoomPinMenu.tsx
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ import {
   useGetMemberPowerTag,
 } from '../../../hooks/useMemberPowerTag';
 import { useRoomCreatorsTag } from '../../../hooks/useRoomCreatorsTag';
+import { PhoneHit, PhoneHitSpread26 } from '../../../styles/PhoneHit.css';
 
 type PinnedMessageProps = {
   room: Room;
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ function PinnedMessage({
       </Chip>
       {canPinEvent && (
         <IconButton
+          className={PhoneHitSpread26}
           data-event-id={eventId}
           variant="Secondary"
           size="300"
@@ -457,7 +459,7 @@ export const RoomPinMenu = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, RoomPinMenuProps>(
               <Text size="H5">Pinned Messages</Text>
             </Box>
             <Box shrink="No">
-              <IconButton size="300" onClick={requestClose} radii="300">
+              <IconButton className={PhoneHit} size="300" onClick={requestClose} radii="300">
                 <Icon src={Icons.Cross} size="400" />
               </IconButton>
             </Box>
diff --git a/src/app/phoneTapTargets.test.ts b/src/app/phoneTapTargets.test.ts
index d4e31772..a6459ade 100644
--- a/src/app/phoneTapTargets.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/phoneTapTargets.test.ts
@@ -126,11 +126,35 @@ describe('phone icon-button hit areas', () => {
     const phone = [...css.matchAll(/@media ([^{]+) \{\n([\s\S]*?\n)\}(?:\n|$)/g)];
     expect(phone.map((m) => m[1])).toEqual([PHONE]);
     expect(css).toMatch(/::after \{[^}]*width: max\(100%, 44px\);[^}]*height: max\(100%, 44px\);/);
+    // no content, no box: the pseudo-element is not rendered at all
+    expect(css).toMatch(/::after \{[^}]*content: "";/);
     expect(css).toMatch(/::after \{[^}]*position: absolute;/);
     // centred on the button: top and left at half, pulled back by half its own size
     expect(css).toMatch(/::after \{[^}]*top: 50%;/);
     expect(css).toMatch(/::after \{[^}]*left: 50%;/);
     expect(css).toMatch(/::after \{[^}]*transform: translate\(-50%, -50%\);/);
+    // the box anchors to its own button, receives the tap, and sits above nothing it should not
+    expect(css).toMatch(/@media [^{]+ \{\n\s*\.PhoneHit_PhoneHit__\w+ \{\n\s*position: relative;/);
+    const afterDecls = [...css.matchAll(/::after \{\n([^}]*)\}/g)].flatMap((m) =>
+      m[1]
+        .split('\n')
+        .map((l) => l.trim().split(':')[0])
+        .filter(Boolean)
+    );
+    expect([...afterDecls].sort()).toEqual([
+      'content',
+      'height',
+      'left',
+      'position',
+      'top',
+      'transform',
+      'width',
+    ]);
+    // nothing on a phone moves a button off its own anchor: only relative (the button) and absolute (the box)
+    expect([...css.matchAll(/position: (\w+);/g)].map((m) => m[1]).sort()).toEqual([
+      'absolute',
+      'relative',
+    ]);
     expect(stripPhone(css).trim()).toBe('');
   });
 
@@ -140,7 +164,9 @@ describe('phone icon-button hit areas', () => {
       rulesFor(css, selector, PHONE).map((d) => d['margin-inline']);
     // 32 px composer buttons, 40 px header buttons, 26 px message-option buttons (which also open vertically,
     // the menu around them clips a hit area drawn outside its box)
-    expect(margins(/PhoneHit_spread__/)).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([9, 6, 2]));
+    // each class owns its own margin: (44 - drawn size) / 2
+    const own = (size: number) => margins(new RegExp(`PhoneHit_PhoneHitSpread${size}__`));
+    expect([own(24), own(26), own(32), own(40)]).toEqual([[10], [9], [6], [2]]);
     expect(rulesFor(css, /PhoneHit_PhoneHitRoom26__/, PHONE)).toEqual([{ 'margin-block': 9 }]);
   });
 
@@ -190,13 +216,37 @@ describe('icon buttons in the room view', () => {
     ],
     'features/room/RoomInput.tsx': Array(6).fill('PhoneHitSpread32'),
     'features/room/RoomViewHeader.tsx': Array(6).fill('PhoneHitSpread40'),
+    // The chat path's other buttons. Two neighbours in a row: Spread32. One on its own: the plain PhoneHit.
+    'features/room/message/MessageEditor.tsx': ['PhoneHitSpread32', 'PhoneHitSpread32'], // toolbar, emoji
+    'features/room-nav/RoomNavItem.tsx': ['PhoneHitSpread24', 'PhoneHitSpread24'], // chat toggle, options: 16 px icon + 8 padding = 24 px, 0 gap
+    'features/room/MembersDrawer.tsx': ['PhoneHit', 'PhoneHit'], // close, scroll to top
+    'features/room/reaction-viewer/ReactionViewer.tsx': ['PhoneHit'],
+    'features/room/room-pin-menu/RoomPinMenu.tsx': ['PhoneHitSpread26', 'PhoneHit'], // unpin (26 px, 8 px from the Open chip), close
+    'features/room/RoomViewTyping.tsx': ['PhoneHit'],
+    'features/room/CallChatView.tsx': ['PhoneHit'],
+    'features/room/jump-to-time/JumpToTime.tsx': ['PhoneHit'],
+    // Buttons that were fixed with #125 and had no test.
+    'components/password-input/PasswordInput.tsx': ['PhoneHit'],
+    'features/desk/Desk.tsx': ['PhoneHit'],
+    'features/scene/SkyStateControl.tsx': ['PhoneHit'],
+    'pages/auth/login/PasswordLoginForm.tsx': ['PhoneHit'],
   };
 
   it.each(Object.entries(expected))(
     '%s: each IconButton carries its own PhoneHit class',
     (file, want) => {
-      const tags = iconButtonTags(readFileSync(`${process.cwd()}/src/app/${file}`, 'utf8'));
-      expect(tags.map((t) => t.match(/\bPhoneHit\w+/)?.[0] ?? null)).toEqual(want);
+      const src = readFileSync(`${process.cwd()}/src/app/${file}`, 'utf8');
+      expect(
+        iconButtonTags(src).map((t) => t.match(/className=\{[^}]*?\b(PhoneHit\w*)\b/)?.[1] ?? null)
+      ).toEqual(want);
+      // the name is the one PhoneHit.css.ts exports, not a local of the same name
+      [...new Set(want)].forEach((name) =>
+        expect(src).toMatch(
+          new RegExp(
+            `import \\{(?:[^}]*,)?\\s*${name}\\s*(?:,[^}]*)?\\} from '(\\.\\./)+styles/PhoneHit\\.css'`
+          )
+        )
+      );
     }
   );
 });
diff --git a/src/app/styles/PhoneHit.css.ts b/src/app/styles/PhoneHit.css.ts
index 14ff375c..8403c126 100644
--- a/src/app/styles/PhoneHit.css.ts
+++ b/src/app/styles/PhoneHit.css.ts
@@ -31,9 +31,13 @@ export const PhoneHit = style({
 
 /** An icon button in a row, `visual` px wide: the row opens up so its 44 px hit area meets its neighbours'. */
 const spread = (visual: number) =>
-  style([PhoneHit, { '@media': { [PHONE]: { marginInline: (PHONE_TAP - visual) / 2 } } }]);
+  style(
+    [PhoneHit, { '@media': { [PHONE]: { marginInline: (PHONE_TAP - visual) / 2 } } }],
+    `PhoneHitSpread${visual}`
+  );
 
-const PhoneHitSpread26 = spread(26);
+export const PhoneHitSpread24 = spread(24);
+export const PhoneHitSpread26 = spread(26);
 export const PhoneHitSpread32 = spread(32);
 export const PhoneHitSpread40 = spread(40);