diff --git a/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md b/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md
index 55e93f5d92..347d36862d 100644
--- a/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md
+++ b/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md
@@ -746,7 +746,10 @@ sliding window based drop off or even before they kick in, this can help in many
 * ChatMessage
   * assign a globally unique (ie across sessions) id to each chat message instance.
   * add support for deleting chat message based on its uniquie id in SimpleChat.
-  * add a popover div block in html, which contains the edit menu wrt chat messages
+  * add a popover div block in html, which acts as a popup menu containing buttons to work with
+    individual chat messages.
+    * experiment and finalise on anchor based relative positioning of the popover menu.
+    * have a del button, which allows one to delete the currently in focus chat message.
 
 
 #### ToDo
diff --git a/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.css b/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.css
index 195c01a016..4af4382afa 100644
--- a/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.css
+++ b/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.css
@@ -94,13 +94,14 @@
 }
 #popover-chatmsg {
     position:fixed;
-    position-area: span-bottom center;
     /*
-    inset-block-end: anchor(end)-;
-    inset-inline-end: anchor(self-start);
+    position-area: span-bottom center;
     */
+    inset-block-start: anchor(start);
+    inset-inline-start: anchor(center);
     background-color: transparent;
     padding: 0;
+    margin: 0;
     border-width: 0;
 }
 #popover-chatmsg button {