diff --git a/packages/wc/components/toolbar.ts b/packages/wc/components/toolbar.ts
index 3a66f05..99b6153 100644
--- a/packages/wc/components/toolbar.ts
+++ b/packages/wc/components/toolbar.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ export class Toolbar extends MorkdeckElement {
       justify-content: center;
       color: inherit;
       padding: 0.5em;
+      /* WCAG 2.5.5: touch targets need a 44x44 floor. The audience
+         opens decks on their own device (often a phone, via the
+         share QR), so the toolbar is a real touch surface. The 24px
+         icon sits centered with breathing room inside the 44px
+         button. */
+      min-width: 44px;
+      min-height: 44px;
     }
 
     .info {
@@ -80,7 +87,10 @@ export class Toolbar extends MorkdeckElement {
       flex-direction: column;
       align-items: center;
       justify-content: center;
-      height: 100%;
+      /* Match the tool buttons' minimum height so the counter row
+         stays vertically aligned with the icon glyphs and the bar
+         reads as one strip of consistent height. */
+      min-height: 44px;
       gap: 0.25em;
     }
   `;