diff --git a/src/shared/ui/Popover/popover-position.test.ts b/src/shared/ui/Popover/popover-position.test.ts
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+import {
+    type Align,
+    type Side,
+    computePosition,
+} from './popover-position';
+
+/**
+ * Build a DOMRect-like object (jsdom/node has no layout).
+ */
+function rect(x: number, y: number, width: number, height: number): DOMRect {
+    return {
+        x,
+        y,
+        width,
+        height,
+        top: y,
+        left: x,
+        right: x + width,
+        bottom: y + height,
+        toJSON: () => ({}),
+    } as DOMRect;
+}
+
+const viewport = { width: 1000, height: 800 };
+const content = { width: 200, height: 100 };
+
+function compute(side: Side, align: Align, sideOffset = 0, trigger = rect(400, 400, 100, 40)) {
+    return computePosition({ triggerRect: trigger, contentRect: content, viewport, side, align, sideOffset });
+}
+
+describe('computePosition', () => {
+    it('places below the trigger for side="bottom"', () => {
+        const r = compute('bottom', 'center');
+        expect(r.side).toBe('bottom');
+        expect(r.y).toBe(440); // trigger.bottom (400+40)
+    });
+
+    it('places above the trigger for side="top"', () => {
+        const r = compute('top', 'center');
+        expect(r.side).toBe('top');
+        expect(r.y).toBe(300); // trigger.top (400) - content.height (100)
+    });
+
+    it('applies sideOffset on the main axis', () => {
+        const r = compute('bottom', 'center', 8);
+        expect(r.y).toBe(448);
+    });
+
+    it('aligns center on the cross axis (vertical side)', () => {
+        const r = compute('bottom', 'center');
+        // trigger center x = 450; content half = 100 -> 350
+        expect(r.x).toBe(350);
+    });
+
+    it('aligns start and end on the cross axis (vertical side)', () => {
+        expect(compute('bottom', 'start').x).toBe(400); // trigger.left
+        expect(compute('bottom', 'end').x).toBe(300); // trigger.right(500) - content.width(200)
+    });
+
+    it('places left/right with vertical cross-axis alignment', () => {
+        const right = compute('right', 'start');
+        expect(right.side).toBe('right');
+        expect(right.x).toBe(500); // trigger.right
+        expect(right.y).toBe(400); // trigger.top (align start)
+        const left = compute('left', 'center');
+        expect(left.side).toBe('left');
+        expect(left.x).toBe(200); // trigger.left(400) - content.width(200)
+    });
+
+    it('flips top->bottom when there is no room above', () => {
+        const nearTop = rect(400, 20, 100, 40); // only 20px above, content needs 100
+        const r = computePosition({
+            triggerRect: nearTop,
+            contentRect: content,
+            viewport,
+            side: 'top',
+            align: 'center',
+            sideOffset: 0,
+        });
+        expect(r.side).toBe('bottom');
+        expect(r.y).toBe(60); // nearTop.bottom
+    });
+
+    it('does NOT flip when neither side fits (keeps requested side)', () => {
+        const tall = { width: 200, height: 700 };
+        const r = computePosition({
+            triggerRect: rect(400, 400, 100, 40),
+            contentRect: tall,
+            viewport,
+            side: 'top',
+            align: 'center',
+            sideOffset: 0,
+        });
+        expect(r.side).toBe('top');
+    });
+
+    it('shifts on the cross axis to stay within the viewport', () => {
+        const nearRight = rect(950, 400, 40, 40); // center x ~970, content 200 would overflow right
+        const r = computePosition({
+            triggerRect: nearRight,
+            contentRect: content,
+            viewport,
+            side: 'bottom',
+            align: 'center',
+            sideOffset: 0,
+        });
+        expect(r.x).toBe(800); // clamped to viewport.width(1000) - content.width(200)
+        const nearLeft = rect(10, 400, 40, 40);
+        const r2 = computePosition({
+            triggerRect: nearLeft,
+            contentRect: content,
+            viewport,
+            side: 'bottom',
+            align: 'center',
+            sideOffset: 0,
+        });
+        expect(r2.x).toBe(0); // clamped to 0
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/shared/ui/Popover/popover-position.ts b/src/shared/ui/Popover/popover-position.ts
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+import { clampNumber } from '$shared/lib/utils';
+
+/**
+ * Side of the trigger the content prefers to open toward.
+ */
+export type Side = 'top' | 'bottom' | 'left' | 'right';
+
+/**
+ * Cross-axis alignment of the content relative to the trigger.
+ */
+export type Align = 'start' | 'center' | 'end';
+
+/**
+ * Inputs for a single placement computation. All geometry is injected
+ * (no DOM reads) so the function stays pure and unit-testable.
+ */
+type ComputeArgs = {
+    /**
+     * Trigger bounding rect (viewport coordinates).
+     */
+    triggerRect: DOMRect;
+    /**
+     * Measured content size.
+     */
+    contentRect: { width: number; height: number };
+    /**
+     * Viewport size.
+     */
+    viewport: { width: number; height: number };
+    /**
+     * Preferred side.
+     */
+    side: Side;
+    /**
+     * Cross-axis alignment.
+     */
+    align: Align;
+    /**
+     * Gap between trigger and content on the main axis.
+     */
+    sideOffset: number;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Resolved placement: fixed-position coordinates plus the side actually used
+ * (may differ from the requested side after a flip).
+ */
+type ComputeResult = { x: number; y: number; side: Side };
+
+const OPPOSITE: Record<Side, Side> = {
+    top: 'bottom',
+    bottom: 'top',
+    left: 'right',
+    right: 'left',
+};
+
+/**
+ * True for sides whose main axis is vertical (content sits above/below).
+ */
+function isVertical(side: Side): boolean {
+    return side === 'top' || side === 'bottom';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Main-axis coordinate (top for vertical sides, left for horizontal sides).
+ */
+function mainAxisCoord(side: Side, t: DOMRect, c: { width: number; height: number }, offset: number): number {
+    switch (side) {
+        case 'top':
+            return t.top - c.height - offset;
+        case 'bottom':
+            return t.bottom + offset;
+        case 'left':
+            return t.left - c.width - offset;
+        case 'right':
+            return t.right + offset;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Whether the content fits on the given side within the viewport.
+ */
+function fitsOnSide(
+    side: Side,
+    t: DOMRect,
+    c: { width: number; height: number },
+    v: { width: number; height: number },
+    offset: number,
+): boolean {
+    const coord = mainAxisCoord(side, t, c, offset);
+    switch (side) {
+        case 'top':
+            return coord >= 0;
+        case 'left':
+            return coord >= 0;
+        case 'bottom':
+            return coord + c.height <= v.height;
+        case 'right':
+            return coord + c.width <= v.width;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Cross-axis coordinate for the requested alignment.
+ */
+function crossAxisCoord(side: Side, align: Align, t: DOMRect, c: { width: number; height: number }): number {
+    if (isVertical(side)) {
+        if (align === 'start') {
+            return t.left;
+        }
+        if (align === 'end') {
+            return t.right - c.width;
+        }
+        return t.left + t.width / 2 - c.width / 2;
+    }
+    if (align === 'start') {
+        return t.top;
+    }
+    if (align === 'end') {
+        return t.bottom - c.height;
+    }
+    return t.top + t.height / 2 - c.height / 2;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compute an anchored placement with flip (to the opposite side when the
+ * preferred side doesn't fit but the opposite does) and shift (clamp the
+ * cross axis so the content stays within the viewport).
+ */
+export function computePosition(args: ComputeArgs): ComputeResult {
+    const { triggerRect: t, contentRect: c, viewport: v, align, sideOffset } = args;
+    let side = args.side;
+
+    if (!fitsOnSide(side, t, c, v, sideOffset) && fitsOnSide(OPPOSITE[side], t, c, v, sideOffset)) {
+        side = OPPOSITE[side];
+    }
+
+    let x: number;
+    let y: number;
+    if (isVertical(side)) {
+        y = mainAxisCoord(side, t, c, sideOffset);
+        x = clampNumber(crossAxisCoord(side, align, t, c), 0, Math.max(0, v.width - c.width));
+    } else {
+        x = mainAxisCoord(side, t, c, sideOffset);
+        y = clampNumber(crossAxisCoord(side, align, t, c), 0, Math.max(0, v.height - c.height));
+    }
+
+    return { x, y, side };
+}