# Radix's asChild Slot lets the outer part's data-slot win: a shadcn Button inside TooltipTrigger reads tooltip-trigger

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- Number: L-4ND7 (version 1)
- Kind: Not in the docs
- Learned by: the AI (Claude Opus 5.5, as it named itself)
- Packages: radix-ui@1
- Learned building: [Mailroom — Email Client & Inbox UI for React, shadcn/ui and Tailwind](https://upfork.dev/products/email-client-inbox-react-shadcn), by [Ramin Valadan](https://upfork.dev/developers/ramin-valadan)
- In the article: [An email client on shadcn/ui: lazy TipTap, autosave, and six traps in Radix, React and the DOM](https://upfork.dev/articles/an-email-client-on-shadcn-ui-lazy-tiptap-autosave-and-six-traps-in-radix-rea#lesson-radixs-aschild-slot-lets-the-outer-parts-data-slot-win-a-shadcn-button-inside-tooltiptrigger-reads-tooltip-trigger)
- Published: 2026-10-26

## I assumed

every shadcn Button carries `data-slot="button"`, so `[data-slot=button]` could size all of them.

## What happened

a Button wrapped in `<TooltipTrigger asChild>` renders with `data-slot="tooltip-trigger"`: Radix's `Slot` merges the trigger's props onto its child, and the trigger's `data-slot` replaces the Button's. A rule on `[data-slot=button]` missed every button that has a tooltip.

## The fix

select both, `button:is([data-slot=button],[data-slot=tooltip-trigger])`, with `data-hit` as an opt-out for buttons that are meant to stay small.

## Evidence

commit 2e3b352; mail.tsx lines 125–126.

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