Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-anchor-position] Fairly common use-case seems pretty difficult (#13617)

This seems to only work in Chrome, but perhaps still a useful addition to the conversation:

```html
<button id="anchor">Anchor</button>

<ul>
 <li>Item 1</li>
 <li>Item 2</li>
 <li>Item 3</li>
 <li>Item 4</li>
 <li>Item 5</li>
 <li>Item 6</li>
 <li>Item 7</li>
 <li>Item 8</li>
 <li>Item 9</li>
 <li>Item 10</li>
 <li>Item 11</li>
</ul>

<style>
#anchor {
 anchor-name: --my-anchor;
}
ul {
 list-style: none;
 display: flex;
 flex-direction: column;
 min-height: 5rem;
 max-height: stretch;
 padding: 0;
 margin: 0 0 1rem;
 box-sizing: border-box;
 position: absolute;
 position-anchor: --my-anchor;
 position-area: bottom span-right;
 position-try: --squish, flip-block;
 background: tan;
 overflow-y: auto;
}
@position-try --squish {
 top: anchor(bottom);
 bottom: 0;
 height: stretch;
}
</style>
```

Codepen: https://codepen.io/editor/vrugtehagel/pen/019cd278-26f9-76cb-82a1-408c809602f4 (textarea added for its resizing capabilities 😉)

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