diff --git a/client/src/components/BaseComponents/GButton.test.ts b/client/src/components/BaseComponents/GButton.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a570af37f50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/BaseComponents/GButton.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { getLocalVue } from "@tests/vitest/helpers";
+import { mount } from "@vue/test-utils";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import VueRouter from "vue-router";
+
+import GButton from "./GButton.vue";
+
+const localVue = getLocalVue(true);
+localVue.use(VueRouter);
+
+function mountGButton(props: object) {
+    return mount(GButton as object, { propsData: props, localVue });
+}
+
+describe("GButton.vue", () => {
+    it("uses the regular title when enabled", () => {
+        const wrapper = mountGButton({ title: "Click me" });
+        const button = wrapper.get("button");
+
+        expect(button.attributes("title")).toBe("Click me");
+        expect(button.attributes("data-title")).toBe("Click me");
+    });
+
+    it("uses the disabled title when disabled", () => {
+        const wrapper = mountGButton({
+            disabled: true,
+            title: "Click me",
+            disabledTitle: "Cannot click right now",
+        });
+        const button = wrapper.get("button");
+
+        expect(button.attributes("title")).toBe("Cannot click right now");
+        expect(button.attributes("data-title")).toBe("Cannot click right now");
+    });
+
+    it("falls back to the regular title when disabled without a disabled title", () => {
+        const wrapper = mountGButton({ disabled: true, title: "Click me" });
+        const button = wrapper.get("button");
+
+        expect(button.attributes("title")).toBe("Click me");
+    });
+
+    // A disabled button must stay hoverable so the (disabled) title can surface its
+    // tooltip. We mark it disabled via aria-disabled and a JS click guard rather than
+    // the native `disabled` attribute (which would suppress hover events).
+    it("remains hoverable when disabled", () => {
+        const wrapper = mountGButton({ disabled: true, disabledTitle: "Nope" });
+        const button = wrapper.get("button");
+
+        expect(button.attributes("aria-disabled")).toBe("true");
+        expect(button.attributes("disabled")).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it("does not emit click when disabled", async () => {
+        const wrapper = mountGButton({ disabled: true, disabledTitle: "Nope" });
+
+        await wrapper.get("button").trigger("click");
+
+        expect(wrapper.emitted("click")).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it("emits click when enabled", async () => {
+        const wrapper = mountGButton({ title: "Click me" });
+
+        await wrapper.get("button").trigger("click");
+
+        expect(wrapper.emitted("click")).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+});
+
+describe("GButton.vue disabled navigation", () => {
+    // A disabled button with a `to` prop must not navigate. The component-level @click
+    // guard does not run for a RouterLink (Vue 2 treats @click on a component as a
+    // component listener, not a native one), and an empty `to` is not a reliable no-op
+    // in vue-router -- so a disabled GButton renders as a plain button instead.
+    it("renders an enabled router-link button as an anchor", () => {
+        const router = new VueRouter({ mode: "abstract", routes: [{ path: "/" }, { path: "/pages/create" }] });
+        const wrapper = mount(GButton as object, {
+            propsData: { to: "/pages/create" },
+            localVue,
+            router,
+        });
+
+        expect(wrapper.element.tagName).toBe("A");
+    });
+
+    it("renders a disabled router-link button as a plain button", () => {
+        const router = new VueRouter({ mode: "abstract", routes: [{ path: "/" }, { path: "/pages/create" }] });
+        const wrapper = mount(GButton as object, {
+            propsData: { to: "/pages/create", disabled: true, disabledTitle: "Nope" },
+            localVue,
+            router,
+        });
+
+        expect(wrapper.element.tagName).toBe("BUTTON");
+    });
+
+    it("does not navigate when a disabled router-link button is clicked", async () => {
+        const router = new VueRouter({ mode: "abstract", routes: [{ path: "/start" }, { path: "/pages/create" }] });
+        await router.push("/start?keep=me");
+        const routeBeforeClick = router.currentRoute.fullPath;
+        const wrapper = mount(GButton as object, {
+            propsData: { to: "/pages/create", disabled: true },
+            localVue,
+            router,
+        });
+
+        await wrapper.trigger("click");
+
+        expect(router.currentRoute.fullPath).toBe(routeBeforeClick);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/client/src/components/BaseComponents/GButton.vue b/client/src/components/BaseComponents/GButton.vue
index 498b8a05c9d..570259621b0 100644
--- a/client/src/components/BaseComponents/GButton.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/BaseComponents/GButton.vue
@@ -241,8 +241,9 @@ const buttonElementRef = useResolveElement(buttonRef);
         background-color: var(--color-grey-100) !important;
         border-color: var(--color-grey-200) !important;
         color: var(--color-grey-500) !important;
+        // No `pointer-events: none` here: clicks/routing are already blocked in JS, and
+        // suppressing pointer events would also kill hover, hiding the `disabledTitle` tooltip.
         cursor: default;
-        pointer-events: none;
 
         &:focus-visible {
             border-color: var(--color-grey-500) !important;
diff --git a/client/src/components/BaseComponents/composables/clickableElement.ts b/client/src/components/BaseComponents/composables/clickableElement.ts
index e976ebf8caa..93299800cd7 100644
--- a/client/src/components/BaseComponents/composables/clickableElement.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/BaseComponents/composables/clickableElement.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,30 @@
+import { computed } from "vue";
 import { RouterLink } from "vue-router";
 
 export interface ClickableProps {
     to?: string;
     href?: string;
+    disabled?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
- * returns the correct type of clickable root element based on a components props.
+ * Returns the correct type of clickable root element based on a component's props.
+ *
+ * A disabled component always renders as a plain `button`. Rendering it as a
+ * RouterLink (or anchor) would let clicks fall through to navigation: a
+ * component-level `@click` guard does not run for a RouterLink, and an empty
+ * `to`/`href` is not a reliable no-op in vue-router.
  */
 export function useClickableElement(props: ClickableProps) {
-    if (props.to) {
-        return RouterLink;
-    } else if (props.href) {
-        return "a" as const;
-    } else {
-        return "button" as const;
-    }
+    return computed(() => {
+        if (props.disabled) {
+            return "button" as const;
+        } else if (props.to) {
+            return RouterLink;
+        } else if (props.href) {
+            return "a" as const;
+        } else {
+            return "button" as const;
+        }
+    });
 }