diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/application_bar.cc b/gtk2_ardour/application_bar.cc
index 2b23eff7cd..7def40b8b1 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/application_bar.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/application_bar.cc
@@ -359,17 +359,6 @@ ApplicationBar::on_parent_changed (Gtk::Widget*)
 	monitor_button_size_group->add_widget (_monitor_mono_button);
 	monitor_button_size_group->add_widget (_monitor_mute_button);
 
-	/* tooltips */
-	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_record_mode_selector, _("<b>Layered</b>, new recordings will be added as regions on a layer atop existing regions.\n<b>SoundOnSound</b>, behaves like <i>Layered</i>, except underlying regions will be audible.\n<b>Non Layered</b>, the underlying region will be spliced and replaced with the newly recorded region."));
-	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_latency_disable_button, _("Disable all Plugin Delay Compensation. This results in the shortest delay from live input to output, but any paths with delay-causing plugins will sound later than those without."));
-	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_primary_clock, _("<b>Primary Clock</b> right-click to set display mode. Click to edit, click+drag a digit or mouse-over+scroll wheel to modify.\nText edits: right-to-left overwrite <tt>Esc</tt>: cancel; <tt>Enter</tt>: confirm; postfix the edit with '+' or '-' to enter delta times.\n"));
-	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_secondary_clock, _("<b>Secondary Clock</b> right-click to set display mode. Click to edit, click+drag a digit or mouse-over+scroll wheel to modify.\nText edits: right-to-left overwrite <tt>Esc</tt>: cancel; <tt>Enter</tt>: confirm; postfix the edit with '+' or '-' to enter delta times.\n"));
-	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_auditioning_alert_button, _("When active, auditioning is taking place.\nClick to stop the audition"));
-	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_feedback_alert_button, _("When lit, there is a ports connection issue, leading to feedback loop or ambiguous alignment.\nThis is caused by connecting an output back to some input (feedback), or by multiple connections from a source to the same output via different paths (ambiguous latency, record alignment)."));
-	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_cue_rec_enable, _("<b>When enabled</b>, triggering Cues will result in Cue Markers added to the timeline"));
-	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_cue_play_enable, _("<b>When enabled</b>, Cue Markers will trigger the associated Cue when passed on the timeline"));
-	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_editor_meter_peak_display, _("Reset All Peak Meters"));
-
 	/* theming */
 	_sync_button.set_name ("transport active option button");
 	_punch_in_button.set_name ("punch button");
@@ -432,6 +421,21 @@ ApplicationBar::on_parent_changed (Gtk::Widget*)
 #undef PX_SCALE
 #undef TCOL
 
+void
+ApplicationBar::setup_tooltips ()
+{
+	/* tooltips -- after actions have been set */
+	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_record_mode_selector, _("<b>Layered</b>, new recordings will be added as regions on a layer atop existing regions.\n<b>SoundOnSound</b>, behaves like <i>Layered</i>, except underlying regions will be audible.\n<b>Non Layered</b>, the underlying region will be spliced and replaced with the newly recorded region."));
+	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_latency_disable_button, _("Disable all Plugin Delay Compensation. This results in the shortest delay from live input to output, but any paths with delay-causing plugins will sound later than those without."));
+	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_primary_clock, _("<b>Primary Clock</b> right-click to set display mode. Click to edit, click+drag a digit or mouse-over+scroll wheel to modify.\nText edits: right-to-left overwrite <tt>Esc</tt>: cancel; <tt>Enter</tt>: confirm; postfix the edit with '+' or '-' to enter delta times.\n"));
+	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_secondary_clock, _("<b>Secondary Clock</b> right-click to set display mode. Click to edit, click+drag a digit or mouse-over+scroll wheel to modify.\nText edits: right-to-left overwrite <tt>Esc</tt>: cancel; <tt>Enter</tt>: confirm; postfix the edit with '+' or '-' to enter delta times.\n"));
+	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_auditioning_alert_button, _("When active, auditioning is taking place.\nClick to stop the audition"));
+	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_feedback_alert_button, _("When lit, there is a ports connection issue, leading to feedback loop or ambiguous alignment.\nThis is caused by connecting an output back to some input (feedback), or by multiple connections from a source to the same output via different paths (ambiguous latency, record alignment)."));
+	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_cue_rec_enable, _("<b>When enabled</b>, triggering Cues will result in Cue Markers added to the timeline"));
+	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_cue_play_enable, _("<b>When enabled</b>, Cue Markers will trigger the associated Cue when passed on the timeline"));
+	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (_editor_meter_peak_display, _("Reset All Peak Meters"));
+}
+
 void
 ApplicationBar::ui_actions_ready ()
 {
@@ -489,6 +493,8 @@ ApplicationBar::ui_actions_ready ()
 	if (_session && _have_layout) {
 		repack_transport_hbox();
 	}
+
+	setup_tooltips ();
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/application_bar.h b/gtk2_ardour/application_bar.h
index c15bb9fd6b..7372cd2cd5 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/application_bar.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/application_bar.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ private:
 
 	void parameter_changed (std::string);
 	void ui_actions_ready ();
+	void setup_tooltips ();
 
 	void repack_transport_hbox ();