diff --git a/web/src/pages/[...path].astro b/web/src/pages/[...path].astro
index 75388ced..52d98b42 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/[...path].astro
+++ b/web/src/pages/[...path].astro
@@ -153,10 +153,13 @@ import Icon from '../components/Icon.astro';
           const cn = noteOf(b.c), any = cn || notes.some((n) => n.couplet === b.c);
           // the bookmark, and beside it the note glyph (shown when this couplet or a phrase in it has a note)
           const bm = <span class="c-tools">
+            {/* wide screens: four icons on hover; phones: one ⋯ that opens a menu (the CSS shows one or the other) */}
             <button type="button" class="bm" data-save={bookmark(b.c)} aria-pressed={String(saved.couplets.includes(b.c))} aria-label="شعر محفوظ کریں" />
             <button type="button" class="nt" data-for={b.c} aria-pressed={String(!!any)} aria-label={any ? 'نوٹ' : 'نوٹ لکھیں'} title={cn ? `نوٹ: ${cn}` : any ? 'اس شعر کی عبارتوں پر نوٹ' : 'نوٹ لکھیں'} />
             <button type="button" class="sh" data-for={b.c} aria-label="بھیجیں" title="تصویر بنا کر بھیجیں" />
             <button type="button" class="dl" data-for={b.c} aria-label="تصویر ڈاؤن لوڈ کریں" title="تصویر ڈاؤن لوڈ کریں" />
+            <button type="button" class="more" data-for={b.c} data-bm={saved.couplets.includes(b.c) ? '' : undefined} data-nt={any ? '' : undefined}
+              aria-haspopup="menu" aria-label="محفوظ، نوٹ، بھیجیں" title={cn ? `نوٹ: ${cn}` : 'محفوظ، نوٹ، بھیجیں'}><i class="g-bm" /><i class="g-nt" /><i class="g-dots" /></button>
           </span>;
           const lm = lineMarks(b.c, b.lines);
           return b.kind === 'couplet' ? <div class="couplet" id={`c${b.c}`} data-c={b.c} data-mark={b.mark}>{bm}{b.lines.map((l, i) => <p><Seg s={show(l, lm[i])} /></p>)}<Tags tags={coupletTags(b.c)} /></div>
@@ -166,6 +169,12 @@ import Icon from '../components/Icon.astro';
       </div>
       </article>
       <p class="muted hint">کسی لفظ کو منتخب کریں تو اس کے معنی اور تلفظ ساتھ نظر آئیں گے؛ کسی عبارت پر نوٹ بھی لکھ سکتے ہیں۔</p>
+      <div id="c-menu" class="c-menu" popover role="menu" aria-label="شعر">
+        <button type="button" role="menuitem" data-act="bm"><i class="g-bm" /><span>محفوظ کریں</span></button>
+        <button type="button" role="menuitem" data-act="nt"><i class="g-nt" /><span>نوٹ</span></button>
+        <button type="button" role="menuitem" data-act="sh"><i class="g-sh" /><span>بھیجیں</span></button>
+        <button type="button" role="menuitem" data-act="dl"><i class="g-dl" /><span>تصویر ڈاؤن لوڈ</span></button>
+      </div>
       <dialog class="ask note-box" id="note-box" aria-labelledby="note-for">
         <form method="dialog">
           <p id="note-for" class="note-for"></p>
@@ -233,9 +242,10 @@ import Icon from '../components/Icon.astro';
       box.showModal(); text.focus();
     };
     const mark = (couplet: number) => { // the glyph follows the notes on this couplet
-      const nt = document.querySelector(`.nt[data-for="${couplet}"]`); if (!nt) return;
       const cn = notes.find((n) => n.couplet === couplet && !n.phrase)?.note, any = notes.some((n) => n.couplet === couplet);
-      nt.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(any)); nt.setAttribute('title', cn ? `نوٹ: ${cn}` : any ? 'اس شعر کی عبارتوں پر نوٹ' : 'نوٹ لکھیں'); // the bookmark is separate
+      const nt = document.querySelector(`.nt[data-for="${couplet}"]`), more = document.querySelector(`.more[data-for="${couplet}"]`) as HTMLElement | null;
+      nt?.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(any)); nt?.setAttribute('title', cn ? `نوٹ: ${cn}` : any ? 'اس شعر کی عبارتوں پر نوٹ' : 'نوٹ لکھیں');
+      if (more) { any ? (more.dataset.nt = '') : delete more.dataset.nt; more.title = cn ? `نوٹ: ${cn}` : 'محفوظ، نوٹ، بھیجیں'; } // the bookmark is separate
     };
     box.addEventListener('close', async () => {
       const act = box.returnValue, { couplet, phrase } = at;
@@ -305,6 +315,36 @@ import Icon from '../components/Icon.astro';
       else { try { await navigator.clipboard.writeText(`${text}\n${url}`); (window as any).toast('یہ براؤزر شیئر نہیں کر سکتا: شعر اور لنک کاپی ہو گئے'); } catch { (window as any).toast('شیئر نہیں ہو سکا', 'error'); } }
     };
     document.addEventListener('click', (e) => { const b = (e.target as HTMLElement).closest('.sh, .dl') as HTMLElement | null; if (b) share(Number(b.dataset.for), b.classList.contains('dl')); });
+    // phones: one ⋯ per couplet opens the shared menu beside it: bookmark, note, share, download
+    const menu = document.getElementById('c-menu') as HTMLElement & { showPopover(): void; hidePopover(): void };
+    let forC = 0, from: HTMLElement | null = null;
+    document.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
+      const more = (e.target as HTMLElement).closest('.more') as HTMLElement | null; if (!more) return;
+      forC = Number(more.dataset.for); from = more;
+      const on = 'bm' in more.dataset;
+      menu.querySelector('[data-act=bm] span')!.textContent = on ? 'محفوظ شدہ سے ہٹائیں' : 'محفوظ کریں';
+      menu.querySelector('[data-act=bm]')!.toggleAttribute('data-on', on);
+      menu.showPopover();
+      const r = more.getBoundingClientRect(), m = menu.getBoundingClientRect(); // below the button, kept on screen
+      menu.style.left = `${Math.max(8, Math.min(innerWidth - m.width - 8, r.left))}px`;
+      menu.style.top = `${r.bottom + 6 + m.height > innerHeight ? r.top - m.height - 6 : r.bottom + 6}px`;
+      (menu.querySelector('[role=menuitem]') as HTMLElement).focus();
+    });
+    menu.addEventListener('click', async (e) => {
+      const act = (e.target as HTMLElement).closest('[data-act]')?.getAttribute('data-act'); if (!act) return;
+      menu.hidePopover();
+      if (act === 'nt') return open(forC, null);
+      if (act === 'sh' || act === 'dl') return share(forC, act === 'dl');
+      const d = await post({ kind: 'couplet', poemId, couplet: forC }); if (!d || !from) return;
+      d.saved ? (from.dataset.bm = '') : delete from.dataset.bm;
+      from.parentElement?.querySelector('.bm')?.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(d.saved)); // the wide-screen icon too
+      (window as any).toast(d.saved ? 'شعر محفوظ ہو گیا' : 'محفوظ شدہ سے ہٹا دیا');
+    });
+    menu.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => { // arrows move through the menu
+      const items = [...menu.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('[role=menuitem]')], i = items.indexOf(document.activeElement as HTMLElement);
+      if (e.key === 'ArrowDown') { e.preventDefault(); items[(i + 1) % items.length].focus(); }
+      if (e.key === 'ArrowUp') { e.preventDefault(); items[(i - 1 + items.length) % items.length].focus(); }
+    });
     // touch screens: tapping a couplet shows its tools (and hides the last one's); links, buttons and selections are left alone
     if (matchMedia('(hover: none)').matches) document.querySelector('.poem')?.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
       const t = e.target as HTMLElement;
diff --git a/web/src/styles/global.css b/web/src/styles/global.css
index 90ec1d8c..4e51b259 100644
--- a/web/src/styles/global.css
+++ b/web/src/styles/global.css
@@ -873,14 +873,42 @@ p, li { text-wrap: pretty; }
 /* touch screens have no hover: a couplet's tools show when it is tapped (the couplet is lightly marked); a set bookmark
    or note stays visible; couplets without either do not keep room for the row */
 @media (hover: none) {
-  .c-tools > button { opacity: 0; pointer-events: none; }
-  .c-tools > button[aria-pressed='true'], .is-active > .c-tools > button { opacity: 1; pointer-events: auto; }
   .poem .couplet.is-active, .poem .para.is-active, .poem .single.is-active { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 14%, transparent); border-radius: var(--r-sm); }
-  .poem .couplet:not(.is-active):not(:has(.c-tools [aria-pressed='true'])) { padding-bottom: 6px; }
-  .poem .para:not(.is-active):not(:has(.c-tools [aria-pressed='true'])), .poem .single:not(.is-active):not(:has(.c-tools [aria-pressed='true'])) { margin-bottom: 10px; }
 }
 /* phones: the header slides away while scrolling down and comes back on the way up (a transform: nothing below jumps) */
 @media (max-width: 640px) {
   .site-header { transition: transform .25s ease, box-shadow .2s, background .2s; }
   :root[data-header-hidden] .site-header { transform: translateY(-100%); box-shadow: none; }
 }
+
+/* ── a couplet's tools: one small button (⋯, with a filled bookmark and/or note glyph when set) that opens one shared
+   menu: bookmark, note, share, download. The button shows on hover (on touch screens when the couplet is tapped); a set
+   bookmark or note keeps it visible ── */
+:root { --dots: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 24 24'%3E%3Ccircle cx='5' cy='12' r='2.2'/%3E%3Ccircle cx='12' cy='12' r='2.2'/%3E%3Ccircle cx='19' cy='12' r='2.2'/%3E%3C/svg%3E"); --sh-mask: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' stroke='black' stroke-width='2' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round'%3E%3Cpath d='M4 12v7a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h12a2 2 0 0 0 2-2v-7'/%3E%3Cpath d='m16 6-4-4-4 4'/%3E%3Cpath d='M12 2v13'/%3E%3C/svg%3E"); --dl-mask: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' stroke='black' stroke-width='2' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round'%3E%3Cpath d='M21 15v4a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2v-4'/%3E%3Cpath d='m7 10 5 5 5-5'/%3E%3Cpath d='M12 15V3'/%3E%3C/svg%3E"); }
+.c-tools > .more { align-items: center; gap: 3px; height: 24px; padding: 0 6px; border: 0; border-radius: var(--r-pill); background: none;
+  color: var(--text-muted); cursor: pointer; opacity: 0; transition: opacity .15s, background .15s; }
+.more i, .c-menu i { flex: none; width: 15px; height: 15px; background-color: currentColor; -webkit-mask: var(--m) center / contain no-repeat; mask: var(--m) center / contain no-repeat; }
+.more i { display: none; }
+.more .g-dots { display: block; --m: var(--dots); }
+.more[data-bm] .g-bm { display: block; --m: var(--bm-filled); background-color: var(--active); }
+.more[data-nt] .g-nt { display: block; --m: var(--nt-filled); background-color: var(--accent); }
+.more[data-bm], .more[data-nt] { opacity: 1; }
+.more[data-bm] .g-dots, .more[data-nt] .g-dots { opacity: .45; }
+:is(.couplet, .para, .single):hover .more, .is-active .more, .more:focus-visible { opacity: 1; }
+.more:hover { background: var(--accent-soft); color: var(--active); }
+/* the ⋯ and its menu are for phones; wider screens keep the four icons */
+.more { display: none; }
+@media (max-width: 640px), (hover: none) and (pointer: coarse) {
+  .c-tools > .bm, .c-tools > .nt, .c-tools > .sh, .c-tools > .dl { display: none; }
+  .c-tools > .more { display: inline-flex; }
+  .c-tools { bottom: 2px; } .poem .couplet { padding-bottom: 26px; } /* room for the button: it never sits on the text */
+}
+.c-menu { position: fixed; inset: auto; margin: 0; min-width: 180px; padding: 6px; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--r-md);
+  background: var(--surface-raised); color: var(--text); box-shadow: var(--shadow-lg); }
+.c-menu:popover-open { display: flex; flex-direction: column; animation: pop-in .14s ease-out; }
+.c-menu button { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; width: 100%; padding: 5px 10px; border: 0; border-radius: var(--r-sm); background: none;
+  color: var(--text); font: var(--fs-sm)/1.9 var(--font-ui); text-align: start; cursor: pointer; }
+.c-menu button:hover, .c-menu button:focus-visible { background: var(--accent-soft); color: var(--active); outline: none; }
+.c-menu i { width: 17px; height: 17px; background-color: var(--text-muted); }
+.c-menu .g-bm { --m: var(--bm-outline); } .c-menu [data-on] .g-bm { --m: var(--bm-filled); background-color: var(--active); }
+.c-menu .g-nt { --m: var(--nt-outline); } .c-menu .g-sh { --m: var(--sh-mask); } .c-menu .g-dl { --m: var(--dl-mask); }