diff --git a/src/renderer/components/GitSidebar/GitSidebar.css b/src/renderer/components/GitSidebar/GitSidebar.css
index bde8ae5..05b73cf 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/GitSidebar/GitSidebar.css
+++ b/src/renderer/components/GitSidebar/GitSidebar.css
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@
 .git-sidebar-icon-button svg {
   width: 16px;
   height: 16px;
-  pointer-events: none;
-}
-
-.git-sidebar-icon-button svg * {
-  pointer-events: none;
 }
 
 .git-action-branch-line,
diff --git a/src/renderer/styles/global.css b/src/renderer/styles/global.css
index eddf4ff..3f61249 100644
--- a/src/renderer/styles/global.css
+++ b/src/renderer/styles/global.css
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ button:disabled {
   cursor: not-allowed;
 }
 
+button svg,
+button svg * {
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
 /* Icon button */
 .icon-button {
   background: transparent;
diff --git a/tests/renderer/globalSvgButtonPointerEvents.test.ts b/tests/renderer/globalSvgButtonPointerEvents.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2067ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/renderer/globalSvgButtonPointerEvents.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import * as fs from 'node:fs';
+import * as path from 'node:path';
+
+describe('Global SVG button pointer-events styles', () => {
+  const cssPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../src/renderer/styles/global.css');
+
+  it('routes pointer events through buttons instead of nested SVG geometry', () => {
+    const css = fs.readFileSync(cssPath, 'utf8');
+
+    expect(css).toMatch(/button\s+svg\s*,\s*button\s+svg\s*\*\s*\{[^}]*pointer-events:\s*none;[^}]*\}/s);
+  });
+});