diff --git a/packages/dropdownable/components/Dropdownable.tsx b/packages/dropdownable/components/Dropdownable.tsx
index 2db0fcd6c..886052688 100644
--- a/packages/dropdownable/components/Dropdownable.tsx
+++ b/packages/dropdownable/components/Dropdownable.tsx
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ class Dropdownable extends React.Component<DropdownableProps, State> {
     windowDimensions
   ): Direction {
     // Determine if there is enough space in each direction to fit dropdown
+    const triggerCenter = childBounds.width / 2 + childBounds.left;
     const possibleVertDirections = {
       top: dropdownDimensions.height <= childBounds.top,
       bottom:
@@ -181,7 +182,10 @@ class Dropdownable extends React.Component<DropdownableProps, State> {
     };
     const possibleHorizDirections = {
       left: dropdownDimensions.width >= childBounds.right,
-      right: dropdownDimensions.width <= childBounds.right
+      right: dropdownDimensions.width <= childBounds.right,
+      center:
+        triggerCenter - dropdownDimensions.width / 2 > 0 &&
+        triggerCenter + dropdownDimensions.width / 2 < windowDimensions.width
     };
 
     // Pick the first available preference
diff --git a/packages/segmentedControl/README.md b/packages/segmentedControl/README.md
index 66b81ef8e..dc56a2ffe 100644
--- a/packages/segmentedControl/README.md
+++ b/packages/segmentedControl/README.md
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ A segmented control is group of two or more buttons that represent a list of opt
 
 A segmented control can be a good alternative to a dropdown or a select input because it requires less interactions to make a selection. They can be a good alternative to a group of radio buttons when there are space limitations or if form controls look visually awkward.
 
+## Segment tooltips
+Each segmented control button can also render a tooltip when the user hovers. Show tooltip content to show "nice-to-have" information about a segment button.
+
 ## Icons in button labels
 Button labels can contain icons. When using an icon in a button label, the default icon size to use is `iconSizeXs`.
 
-When an icon is the only button label content, be sure to provide text content to keep the buttons screenreader accessible. If you're using the `Icon` component to render the icon, this is as simple as passing a string to the `ariaLabel` prop.
+When an icon is the only button label content, be sure to provide text content to keep the buttons screenreader accessible. If you're using the `Icon` component to render the icon, this is as simple as passing a string to the `ariaLabel` prop. It's also recommended to show a tooltip when an icon is the only button label content.
 
 ## Do's and Dont's
 
@@ -18,3 +21,4 @@ When an icon is the only button label content, be sure to provide text content t
 ### Don't
 - Use a segmented control for navigation instead of Tabs
 - Put long strings in the segments
+- Rely completely on the tooltip content to convey what a segment button does
diff --git a/packages/segmentedControl/components/SegmentedControlButton.tsx b/packages/segmentedControl/components/SegmentedControlButton.tsx
index 8ae18883c..3e366b7f9 100644
--- a/packages/segmentedControl/components/SegmentedControlButton.tsx
+++ b/packages/segmentedControl/components/SegmentedControlButton.tsx
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ import shortid from "shortid";
 import {
   segmentedControlButton,
   segmentedControlButtonActive,
-  staticKeyboardFocusClassname
+  staticKeyboardFocusClassname,
+  segmentedControlButtonInner
 } from "../style";
 import { visuallyHidden, display } from "../../shared/styles/styleUtils";
 import FocusStyleManager from "../../shared/components/FocusStyleManager";
+import { Tooltip } from "../../tooltip";
 
 export interface SegmentedControlButtonProps {
   /**
@@ -30,12 +32,35 @@ export interface SegmentedControlButtonProps {
    * The value of the input
    */
   value: string;
+  /**
+   * Content that appears in a Tooltip when a users hovers the button
+   */
+  tooltipContent?: React.ReactNode;
 }
 
 const SegmentedControlButton: React.SFC<
   SegmentedControlButtonProps
 > = props => {
-  const { id = shortid.generate(), isActive, onChange, name, value } = props;
+  const {
+    id = shortid.generate(),
+    isActive,
+    onChange,
+    name,
+    value,
+    tooltipContent,
+    children
+  } = props;
+  const segmentChildren = tooltipContent ? (
+    <Tooltip
+      id={`${id}-tooltip`}
+      trigger={<div className={segmentedControlButtonInner}>{children}</div>}
+    >
+      {tooltipContent}
+    </Tooltip>
+  ) : (
+    <div className={segmentedControlButtonInner}>{children}</div>
+  );
+
   return (
     <React.Fragment>
       {/*
@@ -60,7 +85,7 @@ const SegmentedControlButton: React.SFC<
             checked={isActive}
             onChange={onChange}
           />
-          {props.children}
+          {segmentChildren}
         </label>
       </FocusStyleManager>
     </React.Fragment>
diff --git a/packages/segmentedControl/stories/SegmentedControl.stories.tsx b/packages/segmentedControl/stories/SegmentedControl.stories.tsx
index 03fc59adf..340d41631 100644
--- a/packages/segmentedControl/stories/SegmentedControl.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/segmentedControl/stories/SegmentedControl.stories.tsx
@@ -86,6 +86,38 @@ storiesOf("SegmentedControl", module)
       )}
     </SegmentedControlStoryHelper>
   ))
+  .add("with tooltip content", () => (
+    <SegmentedControlStoryHelper>
+      {({ changeHandler, selectedSegment }) => (
+        <SegmentedControl
+          id="nontextChildren"
+          selectedSegment={selectedSegment}
+          onSelect={changeHandler}
+        >
+          <SegmentedControlButton
+            value="list"
+            tooltipContent="Turn on the list"
+          >
+            <Icon
+              ariaLabel="list view"
+              shape={SystemIcons.List}
+              size={iconSizeXs}
+            />
+          </SegmentedControlButton>
+          <SegmentedControlButton
+            value="charts"
+            tooltipContent="Turn on the charts"
+          >
+            <Icon
+              ariaLabel="chart view"
+              shape={SystemIcons.Donut}
+              size={iconSizeXs}
+            />
+          </SegmentedControlButton>
+        </SegmentedControl>
+      )}
+    </SegmentedControlStoryHelper>
+  ))
   .add(
     "custom SegmentedControlButton id prop",
     () => (
diff --git a/packages/segmentedControl/style.ts b/packages/segmentedControl/style.ts
index 06c617e0a..90490648f 100644
--- a/packages/segmentedControl/style.ts
+++ b/packages/segmentedControl/style.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export const segmentedControlButton = css`
   border-style: solid;
   border-right-width: 0;
   cursor: pointer;
-  padding: ${buttonPadding.vert} ${buttonPadding.horiz};
 
   &:first-child {
     border-radius: ${borderRadiusDefault} 0 0 ${borderRadiusDefault};
@@ -45,6 +44,10 @@ export const segmentedControlButton = css`
   }
 `;
 
+export const segmentedControlButtonInner = css`
+  padding: ${buttonPadding.vert} ${buttonPadding.horiz};
+`;
+
 export const segmentedControlButtonActive = css`
   background-color: ${themeBorder};
   border-color: ${themeBorder};
diff --git a/packages/tooltip/components/Tooltip.tsx b/packages/tooltip/components/Tooltip.tsx
index 105965b21..8778766d6 100644
--- a/packages/tooltip/components/Tooltip.tsx
+++ b/packages/tooltip/components/Tooltip.tsx
@@ -74,7 +74,14 @@ class Tooltip extends React.PureComponent<TooltipProps, TooltipState> {
             </TooltipContent>
           }
           preferredDirections={
-            preferredDirections || [Direction.TopCenter, Direction.BottomCenter]
+            preferredDirections || [
+              Direction.TopCenter,
+              Direction.TopLeft,
+              Direction.TopRight,
+              Direction.BottomCenter,
+              Direction.BottomLeft,
+              Direction.BottomRight
+            ]
           }
         >
           {trigger}
diff --git a/packages/tooltip/tests/__snapshots__/Tooltip.test.tsx.snap b/packages/tooltip/tests/__snapshots__/Tooltip.test.tsx.snap
index 2e955d1f9..2c441c8b1 100644
--- a/packages/tooltip/tests/__snapshots__/Tooltip.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/tooltip/tests/__snapshots__/Tooltip.test.tsx.snap
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
 exports[`Tooltip renders 1`] = `
+.emotion-3 {
+  top: 0px;
+  left: 0px;
+  position: absolute;
+  -webkit-transform: scale(0);
+  -ms-transform: scale(0);
+  transform: scale(0);
+  opacity: 0;
+  z-index: 2;
+}
+
 .emotion-5 {
   position: relative;
 }
@@ -21,17 +32,6 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders 1`] = `
   position: absolute;
 }
 
-.emotion-3 {
-  top: 0px;
-  left: NaNpx;
-  position: absolute;
-  -webkit-transform: scale(0);
-  -ms-transform: scale(0);
-  transform: scale(0);
-  opacity: 0;
-  z-index: 2;
-}
-
 <Tooltip
   id="renders"
   trigger="trigger"
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders 1`] = `
       preferredDirections={
         Array [
           "top-center",
+          "top-left",
+          "top-right",
           "bottom-center",
+          "bottom-left",
+          "bottom-right",
         ]
       }
     >
@@ -73,7 +77,18 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders 1`] = `
           <Overlay
             className="emotion-3"
             overlayRoot={
-              .emotion-2 {
+              .emotion-3 {
+  top: 0px;
+  left: 0px;
+  position: absolute;
+  -webkit-transform: scale(0);
+  -ms-transform: scale(0);
+  transform: scale(0);
+  opacity: 0;
+  z-index: 2;
+}
+
+.emotion-2 {
   background-color: var(--themeBgPrimaryInverted,#1B2029);
   border-radius: 2px;
   box-sizing: border-box;
@@ -89,17 +104,6 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders 1`] = `
   position: absolute;
 }
 
-.emotion-3 {
-  top: 0px;
-  left: NaNpx;
-  position: absolute;
-  -webkit-transform: scale(0);
-  -ms-transform: scale(0);
-  transform: scale(0);
-  opacity: 0;
-  z-index: 2;
-}
-
 <body>
                 <div>
                   <div
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders 1`] = `
                       open={false}
                     >
                       <TooltipContent
-                        direction="top-center"
+                        direction="top-left"
                         id="renders"
                         open={false}
                       >
@@ -214,7 +218,7 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders open tooltip 1`] = `
 
 .emotion-3 {
   top: 0px;
-  left: NaNpx;
+  left: 0px;
   position: absolute;
   -webkit-transform: scale(1);
   -ms-transform: scale(1);
@@ -251,7 +255,11 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders open tooltip 1`] = `
       preferredDirections={
         Array [
           "top-center",
+          "top-left",
+          "top-right",
           "bottom-center",
+          "bottom-left",
+          "bottom-right",
         ]
       }
     >
@@ -268,7 +276,7 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders open tooltip 1`] = `
               <body>
                 <div>
                   <div
-                    class="css-xeraz5"
+                    class="css-ao6agm"
                   >
                     <div>
                       <div
@@ -302,7 +310,7 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders open tooltip 1`] = `
 
 .emotion-3 {
   top: 0px;
-  left: NaNpx;
+  left: 0px;
   position: absolute;
   -webkit-transform: scale(1);
   -ms-transform: scale(1);
@@ -367,7 +375,7 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders open tooltip 1`] = `
                       open={true}
                     >
                       <TooltipContent
-                        direction="top-center"
+                        direction="top-left"
                         id="opened"
                         open={true}
                       >
@@ -482,15 +490,14 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders with preferred directions 1`] = `
               <body>
                 <div>
                   <div
-                    class="css-xeraz5"
+                    class="css-ao6agm"
                   >
                     <div>
                       <div
                         aria-hidden="true"
                         class="
     css-10cr3um
-    css-miht3n
-   inverseColorMode emotion-2"
+    emotion-1   inverseColorMode emotion-2"
                         data-cy="tooltipContent"
                         id="renders"
                         role="tooltip"
@@ -502,15 +509,14 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders with preferred directions 1`] = `
                 </div>
                 <div>
                   <div
-                    class="css-asbxzi"
+                    class="emotion-3"
                   >
                     <div>
                       <div
                         aria-hidden="false"
                         class="
     css-10cr3um
-    css-miht3n
-   inverseColorMode emotion-2"
+    emotion-1   inverseColorMode emotion-2"
                         data-cy="tooltipContent"
                         id="opened"
                         role="tooltip"