diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DateTimePickers/TimeRangePicker.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DateTimePickers/TimeRangePicker.tsx
index 0aa35fca698..9b3ca4c3a81 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DateTimePickers/TimeRangePicker.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DateTimePickers/TimeRangePicker.tsx
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ const ZoomOutTooltip = () => (
   </>
 );
 
-const TimePickerTooltip = ({ timeRange, timeZone }: { timeRange: TimeRange; timeZone?: TimeZone }) => {
+export const TimePickerTooltip = ({ timeRange, timeZone }: { timeRange: TimeRange; timeZone?: TimeZone }) => {
   const styles = useStyles2(getLabelStyles);
 
   return (
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/PanelDescription.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/PanelDescription.tsx
index be82080da43..33b7d876bfe 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/PanelDescription.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/PanelDescription.tsx
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import React from 'react';
 
-import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-
-import { useTheme2 } from '../../themes';
-import { getFocusStyles, getMouseFocusStyles } from '../../themes/mixins';
 import { Icon } from '../Icon/Icon';
 import { Tooltip } from '../Tooltip';
 
+import { TitleItem } from './TitleItem';
+
 interface Props {
   description: string | (() => string);
 }
 
 export function PanelDescription({ description }: Props) {
-  const theme = useTheme2();
-  const styles = getStyles(theme);
+  const styles = getStyles();
 
   const getDescriptionContent = (): JSX.Element => {
     // description
@@ -29,39 +26,16 @@ export function PanelDescription({ description }: Props) {
 
   return description !== '' ? (
     <Tooltip interactive content={getDescriptionContent}>
-      <span className={styles.description}>
-        <Icon name="info-circle" size="lg" aria-label="description" />
-      </span>
+      <TitleItem className={styles.description}>
+        <Icon name="info-circle" size="lg" title="description" />
+      </TitleItem>
     </Tooltip>
   ) : null;
 }
 
-const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
+const getStyles = () => {
   return {
     description: css({
-      color: `${theme.colors.text.secondary}`,
-      backgroundColor: `${theme.colors.background.primary}`,
-      cursor: 'auto',
-      border: 'none',
-      borderRadius: `${theme.shape.borderRadius()}`,
-      padding: `${theme.spacing(0, 1)}`,
-      height: ` ${theme.spacing(theme.components.height.md)}`,
-      display: 'flex',
-      alignItems: 'center',
-      justifyContent: 'center',
-
-      '&:focus, &:focus-visible': {
-        ...getFocusStyles(theme),
-        zIndex: 1,
-      },
-      '&: focus:not(:focus-visible)': getMouseFocusStyles(theme),
-
-      '&:hover ': {
-        boxShadow: `${theme.shadows.z1}`,
-        color: `${theme.colors.text.primary}`,
-        background: `${theme.colors.background.secondary}`,
-      },
-
       code: {
         whiteSpace: 'normal',
         wordWrap: 'break-word',
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/TitleItem.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/TitleItem.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6d1d4fd8cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/TitleItem.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { cx, css } from '@emotion/css';
+import React, { forwardRef } from 'react';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2, LinkModel, LinkTarget } from '@grafana/data';
+
+import { useStyles2 } from '../../themes';
+import { getFocusStyles, getMouseFocusStyles } from '../../themes/mixins';
+
+type TitleItemProps = {
+  className?: string;
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+  onClick?: LinkModel['onClick'];
+  href?: string;
+  target?: LinkTarget;
+  title?: string;
+};
+
+export const TitleItem = forwardRef<HTMLAnchorElement, TitleItemProps>(
+  ({ className, children, href, onClick, target, title, ...rest }, ref) => {
+    const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+
+    if (href) {
+      return (
+        <a
+          ref={ref}
+          href={href}
+          onClick={onClick}
+          target={target}
+          title={title}
+          className={cx(styles.item, className)}
+          {...rest}
+        >
+          {children}
+        </a>
+      );
+    } else {
+      return (
+        <span ref={ref} className={cx(styles.item, className)} {...rest}>
+          {children}
+        </span>
+      );
+    }
+  }
+);
+
+TitleItem.displayName = 'TitleItem';
+
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
+  return {
+    item: css({
+      color: `${theme.colors.text.secondary}`,
+      label: 'panel-header-item',
+      backgroundColor: `${theme.colors.background.primary}`,
+      cursor: 'auto',
+      border: 'none',
+      borderRadius: `${theme.shape.borderRadius()}`,
+      padding: `${theme.spacing(0, 1)}`,
+      height: `${theme.spacing(theme.components.height.md)}`,
+      display: 'flex',
+      alignItems: 'center',
+      justifyContent: 'center',
+
+      '&:focus, &:focus-visible': {
+        ...getFocusStyles(theme),
+        zIndex: 1,
+      },
+      '&: focus:not(:focus-visible)': getMouseFocusStyles(theme),
+
+      '&:hover ': {
+        boxShadow: `${theme.shadows.z1}`,
+        background: `${theme.colors.background.secondary}`,
+      },
+    }),
+  };
+};
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/index.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/index.ts
index 22cf206bfbd..3f7e8845414 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { ErrorIndicator } from './ErrorIndicator';
 import { LoadingIndicator } from './LoadingIndicator';
 import { PanelChrome as PanelChromeComponent, PanelChromeProps } from './PanelChrome';
+import { TitleItem } from './TitleItem';
 
 /**
  * @internal
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ export type { PanelChromeProps, PanelPadding } from './PanelChrome';
 export interface PanelChromeType extends React.FC<PanelChromeProps> {
   LoadingIndicator: typeof LoadingIndicator;
   ErrorIndicator: typeof ErrorIndicator;
+  TitleItem: typeof TitleItem;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ export interface PanelChromeType extends React.FC<PanelChromeProps> {
 export const PanelChrome = PanelChromeComponent as PanelChromeType;
 PanelChrome.LoadingIndicator = LoadingIndicator;
 PanelChrome.ErrorIndicator = ErrorIndicator;
+PanelChrome.TitleItem = TitleItem;
 
 /**
  * Exporting the components for extensibility and since it is a good practice
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts
index 6adfe0fd6c4..f5e93ebaaa8 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export { UnitPicker } from './UnitPicker/UnitPicker';
 export { StatsPicker } from './StatsPicker/StatsPicker';
 export { RefreshPicker, defaultIntervals } from './RefreshPicker/RefreshPicker';
 export { TimeRangePicker, type TimeRangePickerProps } from './DateTimePickers/TimeRangePicker';
+export { TimePickerTooltip } from './DateTimePickers/TimeRangePicker';
 export { TimeOfDayPicker } from './DateTimePickers/TimeOfDayPicker';
 export { TimeZonePicker } from './DateTimePickers/TimeZonePicker';
 export { WeekStartPicker } from './DateTimePickers/WeekStartPicker';
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/PanelHeader/PanelHeaderTitleItems.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/PanelHeader/PanelHeaderTitleItems.tsx
index 91967b2ab52..de802fc6fad 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/PanelHeader/PanelHeaderTitleItems.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/PanelHeader/PanelHeaderTitleItems.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
 import React from 'react';
 
 import { PanelData, GrafanaTheme2, PanelModel, LinkModel, AlertState, DataLink } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Icon, Tooltip, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { getFocusStyles, getMouseFocusStyles } from '@grafana/ui/src/themes/mixins';
+import { Icon, PanelChrome, Tooltip, useStyles2, TimePickerTooltip } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { PanelLinks } from '../PanelLinks';
 
@@ -24,28 +23,28 @@ export function PanelHeaderTitleItems(props: Props) {
   // panel health
   const alertStateItem = (
     <Tooltip content={`alerting is ${alertState}`}>
-      <span
-        className={cx(styles.item, {
+      <PanelChrome.TitleItem
+        className={cx({
           [styles.ok]: alertState === AlertState.OK,
           [styles.pending]: alertState === AlertState.Pending,
           [styles.alerting]: alertState === AlertState.Alerting,
         })}
       >
         <Icon name={alertState === 'alerting' ? 'heart-break' : 'heart'} className="panel-alert-icon" />
-      </span>
+      </PanelChrome.TitleItem>
     </Tooltip>
   );
 
   const timeshift = (
     <>
-      <Tooltip
-        content={data.request?.range ? `Time Range: ${data.request.range.from} to ${data.request.range.to}` : ''}
-      >
-        <span className={cx(styles.item, styles.timeshift)}>
-          <Icon name="clock-nine" />
-          {data.request?.timeInfo}
-        </span>
-      </Tooltip>
+      {data.request && data.request.timeInfo && (
+        <Tooltip content={<TimePickerTooltip timeRange={data.request?.range} timeZone={data.request?.timezone} />}>
+          <PanelChrome.TitleItem className={styles.timeshift}>
+            <Icon name="clock-nine" />
+            {data.request?.timeInfo}
+          </PanelChrome.TitleItem>
+        </Tooltip>
+      )}
     </>
   );
 
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ export function PanelHeaderTitleItems(props: Props) {
       )}
 
       {<PanelHeaderNotices panelId={panelId} frames={data.series} />}
-      {data.request && data.request.timeInfo && timeshift}
+      {timeshift}
       {alertState && alertStateItem}
     </>
   );
@@ -64,29 +63,6 @@ export function PanelHeaderTitleItems(props: Props) {
 
 const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
   return {
-    item: css({
-      label: 'panel-header-item',
-      backgroundColor: `${theme.colors.background.primary}`,
-      cursor: 'auto',
-      border: 'none',
-      borderRadius: `${theme.shape.borderRadius()}`,
-      padding: `${theme.spacing(0, 1)}`,
-      height: `${theme.spacing(theme.components.height.md)}`,
-      display: 'flex',
-      alignItems: 'center',
-      justifyContent: 'center',
-
-      '&:focus, &:focus-visible': {
-        ...getFocusStyles(theme),
-        zIndex: 1,
-      },
-      '&: focus:not(:focus-visible)': getMouseFocusStyles(theme),
-
-      '&:hover ': {
-        boxShadow: `${theme.shadows.z1}`,
-        background: `${theme.colors.background.secondary}`,
-      },
-    }),
     ok: css({
       color: theme.colors.success.text,
     }),
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/PanelLinks.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/PanelLinks.tsx
index 706d29fa0ba..ae1e4444b5e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/PanelLinks.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/PanelLinks.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import React from 'react';
 
 import { DataLink, GrafanaTheme2, LinkModel } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Dropdown, Icon, Menu, ToolbarButton, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { getFocusStyles, getMouseFocusStyles } from '@grafana/ui/src/themes/mixins';
+import { Dropdown, Icon, Menu, ToolbarButton, useStyles2, PanelChrome } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 interface Props {
   panelLinks: DataLink[];
@@ -27,15 +26,14 @@ export function PanelLinks({ panelLinks, onShowPanelLinks }: Props) {
   if (panelLinks.length === 1) {
     const linkModel = onShowPanelLinks()[0];
     return (
-      <a
+      <PanelChrome.TitleItem
         href={linkModel.href}
         onClick={linkModel.onClick}
         target={linkModel.target}
         title={linkModel.title}
-        className={styles.singleLink}
       >
         <Icon name="external-link-alt" size="lg" />
-      </a>
+      </PanelChrome.TitleItem>
     );
   } else {
     return (
@@ -53,25 +51,5 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
       borderRadius: `${theme.shape.borderRadius()}`,
       cursor: 'context-menu',
     }),
-    singleLink: css({
-      color: theme.colors.text.secondary,
-      padding: `${theme.spacing(0, 1)}`,
-      height: ` ${theme.spacing(theme.components.height.md)}`,
-      display: 'flex',
-      alignItems: 'center',
-      justifyContent: 'center',
-
-      '&:focus, &:focus-visible': {
-        ...getFocusStyles(theme),
-        zIndex: 1,
-      },
-      '&: focus:not(:focus-visible)': getMouseFocusStyles(theme),
-
-      '&:hover ': {
-        boxShadow: `${theme.shadows.z1}`,
-        color: `${theme.colors.text.primary}`,
-        background: `${theme.colors.background.secondary}`,
-      },
-    }),
   };
 };