Hi Hans, what’s your opinion to redefine the leaders command to take a optional name which loads a predefined setup? <code> % use \doifsymbolelse for the symbol key? \unprotect \installcorenamespace{leaders} \installcorenamespace{leadersalternative} \installdefinehandler \??leaders {leaders} \??leaders \installparameterhandler \??leaders {leaders} \installsetuphandler \??leaders {leaders} \def\leaders {\doifnextoptionalelse\leaders_indeed\normalleaders} \def\leaders_indeed[#1]% {\def\currentleaders{#1}% \expandcheckedcsname\??leadersalternative{\leadersparameter\c!alternative}\s!default} \setvalue{\??leadersalternative\s!default}% {\leadersparameter\c!left \normalleaders\hbox to \leadersparameter\c!width{\hss\leadersparameter\c!symbol\hss}\hfill \leadersparameter\c!right} \setvalue{\??leadersalternative\s!default}% {\leadersparameter\c!left \normalleaders\hbox to \leadersparameter\c!width{\hss\leadersparameter\c!symbol\hss}\hfill \leadersparameter\c!right} \setvalue{\??leadersalternative\v!global}% {\leadersparameter\c!left \normalgleaders\hbox to \leadersparameter\c!width{\hss\leadersparameter\c!symbol\hss}\hfill \leadersparameter\c!right} \setupleaders [\c!width=1em, \c!symbol=., \c!alternative=\s!default] \protect \defineleaders[test]%[symbol=x] \starttext text\leaders\hbox to 1em{\hss .\hss}\hfill text text\leaders[test]text \stoptext </code> This method would be cleaner for user defined list layouts where one want to change the filler between the text and the page number because a setup like this isn’t something for a normal user. <code source="strc-lst.mkvi"> \definelistalternative [c] [\c!distance=5em, \c!width=0pt, \c!stretch=10em, \c!filler=\hskip.5em\gleaders\hbox to .5em{\hss.\hss}\hfill\hskip.5em\relax, \c!renderingsetup=\??listrenderings:abc] </code> Wolfgang