Hi Hans, while for backwards compatibility you won’t change \setupalign[leftt|right] the current implementation makes it possible to change the behavior with a simple change in the code. \unprotect \newconstant\c_spec_align_state_method %\setvalue{\??aligncommand\v!right }{\c_spac_align_state_horizontal\plustwo } %setvalue{\??aligncommand\v!left }{\c_spac_align_state_horizontal\plusthree} \setvalue{\??aligncommand\v!right }{\c_spac_align_state_horizontal\ifcase\c_spec_align_state_method\plustwo\else\plusthree\fi} \setvalue{\??aligncommand\v!left }{\c_spac_align_state_horizontal\ifcase\c_spec_align_state_method\plusthree\else\plustwo\fi} \unexpanded\def\enablereversealignment{\c_spec_align_state_method\plusone} \protect %\enablereversealignment \starttext \startalignment[left] \input ward \stopalignment \blank \startalignment[right] \input ward \stopalignment \stoptext Wolfgang