diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor/actions/useNotebookActions.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor/actions/useNotebookActions.tsx
index da860519efd..0e3942d406f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor/actions/useNotebookActions.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor/actions/useNotebookActions.tsx
@@ -274,16 +274,19 @@ export function useNotebookActions() {
       icon: <PanelLeftIcon size={14} strokeWidth={1.5} />,
       label: "Helper panel",
       handle: NOOP_HANDLER,
-      dropdown: PANELS.flatMap(({ type, Icon, hidden }) => {
+      dropdown: PANELS.flatMap(({ type, Icon, hidden, extraDescription }) => {
         if (hidden) {
           return [];
         }
-        return {
-          label: startCase(type),
+        const descriptions = extraDescription
+          ? [...extraDescription, type]
+          : [type];
+        return descriptions.map((description) => ({
+          label: startCase(description),
           rightElement: renderCheckboxElement(selectedPanel === type),
           icon: <Icon size={14} strokeWidth={1.5} />,
           handle: () => toggleApplication(type),
-        };
+        }));
       }),
     },
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor/chrome/types.ts b/frontend/src/components/editor/chrome/types.ts
index 97436b6fd61..008d4772063 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor/chrome/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor/chrome/types.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export interface PanelDescriptor {
   hidden?: boolean;
   tooltip: string;
   position: "sidebar" | "footer";
+  extraDescription?: string[];
 }
 
 export const PANELS: PanelDescriptor[] = [
@@ -49,66 +50,77 @@ export const PANELS: PanelDescriptor[] = [
     Icon: FolderTreeIcon,
     tooltip: "View files",
     position: "sidebar",
+    extraDescription: ["View files"],
   },
   {
     type: "variables",
     Icon: FunctionSquareIcon,
     tooltip: "Explore variables",
     position: "sidebar",
+    extraDescription: ["Explore variables"],
   },
   {
     type: "datasources",
     Icon: DatabaseIcon,
     tooltip: "Explore data sources",
     position: "sidebar",
+    extraDescription: ["Explore data sources", "data sources"],
   },
   {
     type: "dependencies",
     Icon: NetworkIcon,
     tooltip: "Explore dependencies",
     position: "sidebar",
+    extraDescription: ["Explore dependencies"],
   },
   {
     type: "packages",
     Icon: BoxIcon,
     tooltip: "Manage packages",
     position: "sidebar",
+    extraDescription: ["Manage packages", "requirements"],
   },
   {
     type: "outline",
     Icon: ScrollTextIcon,
     tooltip: "View outline",
     position: "sidebar",
+    extraDescription: ["View outline", "Show chapter headings"],
   },
   {
     type: "chat",
     Icon: BotMessageSquareIcon,
     tooltip: "Chat with AI",
     position: "sidebar",
+    extraDescription: ["Chat with AI", "AI chat"],
   },
   {
     type: "documentation",
     Icon: TextSearchIcon,
     tooltip: "View live docs",
     position: "sidebar",
+    extraDescription: ["View live docs", "Show contextual help", "Signature"],
   },
   {
     type: "logs",
     Icon: FileTextIcon,
     tooltip: "Notebook logs",
     position: "sidebar",
+    extraDescription: ["Notebook logs"],
   },
   {
     type: "tracing",
     Icon: ActivityIcon,
     tooltip: "Tracing",
     position: "sidebar",
+    extraDescription: ["Traces"],
   },
   {
     type: "snippets",
     Icon: SquareDashedBottomCodeIcon,
     tooltip: "Snippets",
     position: "sidebar",
+    extraDescription: ["Code snippets"],
   },
   {
     // Not supported in WebAssembly yet
@@ -117,17 +129,20 @@ export const PANELS: PanelDescriptor[] = [
     tooltip: "Secrets",
     hidden: isWasm(),
     position: "sidebar",
+    extraDescription: ["Environment variables"],
   },
   {
     type: "scratchpad",
     Icon: NotebookPenIcon,
     tooltip: "Scratchpad",
     position: "sidebar",
+    extraDescription: ["Notes"],
   },
   {
     type: "errors",
     Icon: XCircleIcon,
     tooltip: "View errors",
     position: "footer",
+    extraDescription: ["View errors"],
   },
 ];