diff --git a/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json b/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
index f5f96960a..270b58299 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
+++ b/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
@@ -2132,9 +2132,14 @@
   },
   "breadcrumb_badges": {
     "read_only_explicit": "Read-only",
+    "read_only_explicit_description": "This note has been manually set to read-only.\nClick to edit it temporarily.",
     "read_only_auto": "Auto read-only",
+    "read_only_auto_description": "This note was set automatically to read-only mode for performance reasons. This automatic limit is adjustable from settings.\n\nClick to edit it temporarily.",
     "read_only_temporarily_disabled": "Temporarily editable",
+    "read_only_temporarily_disabled_description": "This note is currently editable, but it is normally read-only. The note will go back to being read-only as soon as you navigate to another note.\n\nClick to re-enable read-only mode.",
     "shared_publicly": "Shared publicly",
-    "shared_locally": "Shared locally"
+    "shared_publicly_description": "This note has been published online at {{- link}}, and is publicly accessible.\n\nClick to navigate to the shared note.",
+    "shared_locally": "Shared locally",
+    "shared_locally_description": "This note is shared on the local network only at {{- link}}.\n\nClick to navigate to the shared note."
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/BreadcrumbBadges.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/BreadcrumbBadges.tsx
index 2f00771f8..e4d0ef55e 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/BreadcrumbBadges.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/BreadcrumbBadges.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import "./BreadcrumbBadges.css";
 
-import { ComponentChildren } from "preact";
-import { useIsNoteReadOnly, useNoteContext } from "./react/hooks";
+import { ComponentChildren, MouseEventHandler } from "preact";
+import { useIsNoteReadOnly, useNoteContext, useStaticTooltip } from "./react/hooks";
 import Icon from "./react/Icon";
 import { useShareInfo } from "./shared_info";
 import clsx from "clsx";
 import { t } from "../services/i18n";
+import { useRef } from "preact/hooks";
+import { goToLinkExt } from "../services/link";
 
 export default function BreadcrumbBadges() {
     return (
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ function ReadOnlyBadge() {
     if (isTemporarilyEditable) {
         return <Badge
             icon="bx bx-lock-open-alt"
+            tooltip={t("breadcrumb_badges.read_only_temporarily_disabled_description")}
             onClick={() => enableEditing(false)}
         >
             {t("breadcrumb_badges.read_only_temporarily_disabled")}
@@ -32,7 +35,9 @@ function ReadOnlyBadge() {
     } else if (isReadOnly) {
         return <Badge
             icon="bx bx-lock-alt"
-            onClick={() => enableEditing()}>
+            tooltip={isExplicitReadOnly ? t("breadcrumb_badges.read_only_explicit_description") : t("breadcrumb_badges.read_only_auto_description")}
+            onClick={() => enableEditing()}
+        >
             {isExplicitReadOnly ? t("breadcrumb_badges.read_only_explicit") : t("breadcrumb_badges.read_only_auto")}
         </Badge>;
     }
@@ -40,20 +45,35 @@ function ReadOnlyBadge() {
 
 function ShareBadge() {
     const { note } = useNoteContext();
-    const { isSharedExternally, link } = useShareInfo(note);
+    const { isSharedExternally, link, linkHref } = useShareInfo(note);
 
     return (link &&
         <Badge
             icon={isSharedExternally ? "bx bx-world" : "bx bx-link"}
+            tooltip={isSharedExternally ?
+                t("breadcrumb_badges.shared_publicly_description", { link }) :
+                t("breadcrumb_badges.shared_locally_description", { link })
+            }
+            onClick={(e) => linkHref && goToLinkExt(e, linkHref)}
         >
             {isSharedExternally ? t("breadcrumb_badges.shared_publicly") : t("breadcrumb_badges.shared_locally")}
         </Badge>
     );
 }
 
-function Badge({ icon, children, onClick }: { icon: string, children: ComponentChildren, onClick?: () => void }) {
+function Badge({ icon, children, tooltip, onClick }: { icon: string, tooltip: string, children: ComponentChildren, onClick?: MouseEventHandler<HTMLDivElement> }) {
+    const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+    useStaticTooltip(containerRef, {
+        placement: "bottom",
+        fallbackPlacements: [ "bottom" ],
+        animation: false,
+        html: true,
+        title: tooltip
+    });
+
     return (
         <div
+            ref={containerRef}
             className={clsx("breadcrumb-badge", { "clickable": !!onClick })}
             onClick={onClick}
         >
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/shared_info.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/shared_info.tsx
index 954ceb5f0..cd6cf78f4 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/shared_info.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/shared_info.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export default function SharedInfo() {
 
 export function useShareInfo(note: FNote | null | undefined) {
     const [ link, setLink ] = useState<string>();
+    const [ linkHref, setLinkHref ] = useState<string>();
     const [ syncServerHost ] = useTriliumOption("syncServerHost");
 
     function refresh() {
@@ -52,9 +53,10 @@ export function useShareInfo(note: FNote | null | undefined) {
         }
 
         setLink(`<a href="${link}" class="external tn-link">${link}</a>`);
+        setLinkHref(link);
     }
 
-    useEffect(refresh, [ note ]);
+    useEffect(refresh, [ note, syncServerHost ]);
     useTriliumEvent("entitiesReloaded", ({ loadResults }) => {
         if (loadResults.getAttributeRows().find((attr) => attr.name?.startsWith("_share") && attributes.isAffecting(attr, note))) {
             refresh();
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ export function useShareInfo(note: FNote | null | undefined) {
         }
     });
 
-    return { link, isSharedExternally: !!syncServerHost };
+    return { link, linkHref, isSharedExternally: !!syncServerHost };
 }
 
 function getShareId(note: FNote) {