diff --git a/frontend/src/app/DocumentsRoute.tsx b/frontend/src/app/DocumentsRoute.tsx
index 1c68262..35bc944 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/DocumentsRoute.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/DocumentsRoute.tsx
@@ -190,16 +190,7 @@ const DocumentsRouteContent: React.FC = () => {
                 actions={header.actions}
               />
             </div>
-            {(header.selectionLabel || header.floatingActions) ? (
-              <div className="panel-floating-region" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true">
-                <div className="panel-floating">
-                  {header.selectionLabel ? (
-                    <span className="panel-floating__label">{header.selectionLabel}</span>
-                  ) : null}
-                  {header.floatingActions || null}
-                </div>
-              </div>
-            ) : null}
+            {(header.floatingActions)}
           </>
         ) : null}
         <div className={bodyClass}>{surface.content}</div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/desktop/createDesktopSurface.tsx b/frontend/src/desktop/createDesktopSurface.tsx
index 204a6d4..3a6fd02 100644
--- a/frontend/src/desktop/createDesktopSurface.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/desktop/createDesktopSurface.tsx
@@ -1,30 +1,9 @@
 import React, { ReactNode } from 'react';
-import SelectionFloatingActions from '../documents/SelectionFloatingActions';
+import { SelectionFloatingPanel } from '../documents/SelectionFloatingActions';
 import { createDocumentsTableHeaderActions } from '../documents/DocumentsPanel';
 import createWorkspaceSurfaceConfig from '../documents/workspaceHeader';
 import DocumentViewerPanel from '../preview/DocumentViewerPanel';
 import DesktopWorkspace from './DesktopWorkspace';
-import { useWorkspaceSelectionContext } from '../app/WorkspaceSelectionContext';
-
-type SelectionFloatingActionsBaseProps = Omit<React.ComponentProps<typeof SelectionFloatingActions>, 'selectionCount' | 'selectedDocumentIds' | 'selectedFolderIds'>;
-
-const SelectionFloatingActionsWithSelection: React.FC<SelectionFloatingActionsBaseProps> = (props) => {
-  const { selectedDocumentIds, selectedFolderIds } = useWorkspaceSelectionContext();
-  const documentIds = Array.isArray(selectedDocumentIds) ? selectedDocumentIds : [];
-  const folderIds = Array.isArray(selectedFolderIds) ? selectedFolderIds : [];
-  const selectionCount = documentIds.length + folderIds.length;
-  if (selectionCount === 0) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  return (
-    <SelectionFloatingActions
-      selectionCount={selectionCount}
-      selectedDocumentIds={documentIds}
-      selectedFolderIds={folderIds}
-      {...props}
-    />
-  );
-};
 
 type WorkspaceProps = Record<string, any>;
 
@@ -58,7 +37,6 @@ const createDesktopSurface = ({
     viewMode,
     onViewModeChange,
     onDeleteSelection,
-    onClearSelection,
     tags,
     correspondents,
     documentLookup,
@@ -88,7 +66,7 @@ const createDesktopSurface = ({
   });
 
   const floatingActions = (
-    <SelectionFloatingActionsWithSelection
+    <SelectionFloatingPanel
       documentLookup={documentLookup}
       tags={tags}
       tagLookupById={tagLookupById}
@@ -99,7 +77,6 @@ const createDesktopSurface = ({
       onBulkCorrespondentRemove={onBulkCorrespondentRemove}
       onBulkReanalyze={onBulkReanalyze}
       onDeleteSelection={onDeleteSelection}
-      onClearSelection={onClearSelection}
       folderOptions={folderOptions}
       onMoveDocumentsToFolder={onMoveDocumentsToFolder}
     />
diff --git a/frontend/src/documents/SelectionFloatingActions.tsx b/frontend/src/documents/SelectionFloatingActions.tsx
index a1866b5..04f5f59 100644
--- a/frontend/src/documents/SelectionFloatingActions.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/documents/SelectionFloatingActions.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 import SelectionAssignmentMenu, { SelectionAssignmentMenuItem } from './SelectionAssignmentMenu';
 import SelectionSummary from './SelectionSummary';
 import { api, useAppState } from '../app/appState';
+import { useWorkspaceSelectionContext } from '../app/WorkspaceSelectionContext';
 
 const ROOT_FOLDER_LABEL = 'Documents';
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ interface BulkCorrespondentRemoveArgs {
   documentIds: DocumentId[];
 }
 
-interface SelectionFloatingActionsProps {
+export interface SelectionFloatingActionsProps {
   selectionCount?: number;
   selectedDocumentIds?: SelectedIdList;
   selectedFolderIds?: SelectedIdList;
@@ -616,4 +617,31 @@ const SelectionFloatingActions: React.FC<SelectionFloatingActionsProps> = ({
   );
 };
 
+export type SelectionFloatingPanelProps = Omit<SelectionFloatingActionsProps, 'selectedDocumentIds' | 'selectedFolderIds' | 'selectionCount'>;
+
+export const SelectionFloatingPanel: React.FC<SelectionFloatingPanelProps> = ({ onClearSelection, ...rest }) => {
+  const { selectedDocumentIds, selectedFolderIds, clearSelection } = useWorkspaceSelectionContext();
+  const documentIds = Array.isArray(selectedDocumentIds) ? selectedDocumentIds : [];
+  const folderIds = Array.isArray(selectedFolderIds) ? selectedFolderIds : [];
+  const selectionCount = documentIds.length + folderIds.length;
+  if (selectionCount === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const handleClear = onClearSelection || clearSelection;
+  return (
+    <div className="panel-floating-region" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true">
+      <div className="panel-floating">
+        <SelectionFloatingActions
+          selectionCount={selectionCount}
+          selectedDocumentIds={documentIds}
+          selectedFolderIds={folderIds}
+          onClearSelection={handleClear}
+          {...rest}
+        />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+
 export default SelectionFloatingActions;
diff --git a/frontend/src/documents/panel/createDocumentsSurface.tsx b/frontend/src/documents/panel/createDocumentsSurface.tsx
index 171c831..d1ab460 100644
--- a/frontend/src/documents/panel/createDocumentsSurface.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/documents/panel/createDocumentsSurface.tsx
@@ -1,30 +1,9 @@
 import React, { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import DocumentViewerPanel from '../../preview/DocumentViewerPanel';
-import SelectionFloatingActions from '../SelectionFloatingActions';
 import createWorkspaceSurfaceConfig from '../workspaceHeader';
 import DocumentsPanel from './DocumentsPanel';
+import { SelectionFloatingPanel } from '../SelectionFloatingActions';
 import { createDocumentsTableHeaderActions } from './DocumentsToolbar';
-import { useWorkspaceSelectionContext } from '../../app/WorkspaceSelectionContext';
-
-type SelectionFloatingActionsBaseProps = Omit<React.ComponentProps<typeof SelectionFloatingActions>, 'selectionCount' | 'selectedDocumentIds' | 'selectedFolderIds'>;
-
-const SelectionFloatingActionsWithSelection: React.FC<SelectionFloatingActionsBaseProps> = (props) => {
-  const { selectedDocumentIds, selectedFolderIds } = useWorkspaceSelectionContext();
-  const documentIds = Array.isArray(selectedDocumentIds) ? selectedDocumentIds : [];
-  const folderIds = Array.isArray(selectedFolderIds) ? selectedFolderIds : [];
-  const selectionCount = documentIds.length + folderIds.length;
-  if (selectionCount === 0) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  return (
-    <SelectionFloatingActions
-      selectionCount={selectionCount}
-      selectedDocumentIds={documentIds}
-      selectedFolderIds={folderIds}
-      {...props}
-    />
-  );
-};
 
 interface CreateDocumentsSurfaceArgs {
   tableProps: Record<string, any>;
@@ -52,7 +31,6 @@ const createDocumentsSurface = ({
     onSortFieldChange,
     onSortDirectionToggle,
     onDeleteSelection,
-    onClearSelection,
     tags,
     correspondents,
     documentLookup,
@@ -88,7 +66,7 @@ const createDocumentsSurface = ({
   });
 
   const floatingActions = (
-    <SelectionFloatingActionsWithSelection
+    <SelectionFloatingPanel
       documentLookup={documentLookup}
       tags={tags}
       tagLookupById={tagLookupById}
@@ -99,7 +77,6 @@ const createDocumentsSurface = ({
       onBulkCorrespondentRemove={onBulkCorrespondentRemove}
       onBulkReanalyze={onBulkReanalyze}
       onDeleteSelection={onDeleteSelection}
-      onClearSelection={onClearSelection}
       folderOptions={folderOptions}
       onMoveDocumentsToFolder={onMoveDocumentsToFolder}
     />