Hi, there is a \ifnofloatcaption test missing to prevent the counter to increase when captions are hidden with the “none” keyword. \unprotected\def\float_place_packaged_boxes {\bgroup \ifconditional\usesamefloatnumber \globallet\currentfloatnumber \previousfloatnumber \globallet\currentfloatattribute \empty \globallet\currentfloatsynchronize\relax \else - \ifnofloatnumber \else - \doincrementsubstructurecounter[\@@thestructurecounter\currentfloat][1]% - \fi + \ifnofloatnumber \else \ifnofloatcaption \else + \doincrementsubstructurecounter[\@@thestructurecounter\currentfloat][1]% + \fi \fi \dostructurecountercomponent {float}% \setupcurrentfloatcaption \floatcaptionparameter \detokenizedfloatcaptionparameter \relax \relax \relax [\c!name=\currentfloat,% \s!counter=\@@thestructurecounter\currentfloat,% \s!hascaption=\ifnofloatcaption \v!no\else\v!yes\fi,% \s!hasnumber=\ifnofloatnumber \v!no\else\v!yes\fi,% \s!hastitle=\ifemptyfloatcaption\v!no\else\v!yes\fi]% []% \globallet\previousfloatnumber \laststructurecounternumber \globallet\currentfloatnumber \laststructurecounternumber \globallet\currentfloatattribute \laststructurecounterattribute \globallet\currentfloatsynchronize\laststructurecountersynchronize \fi % \global\setfalse\usesamefloatnumber % one shot % check float box \float_set_natural_dimensions\nextbox \global\setbox\floatbox\vbox{\floatparameter\c!command{\box\nextbox}}% \float_set_natural_dimensions\floatbox \ifdim\htdp\floatbox=\zeropoint \showmessage\m!floatblocks{11}\empty \global\setbox\floatbox\vbox {\dostarttagged\t!floatcontent\empty \float_place_empty_box \dostoptagged}% \fi % deal with lack of caption \global\setbox\floatbox\vbox \floatcaptionattribute {\doifelsemainfloatbody\currentfloatsynchronize\donothing \unvbox\floatbox \ifnofloatcaption \vss \fi}% gets rid of the depth (unless tabulate) \egroup % place the float \float_set_box \float_get_box \global\insidefloatfalse} \starttext \placefigure{First}{\framed{One}} \placefigure[none]{Second}{\framed{Two}} \placefigure{Third}{\framed{Three}} \stoptext Wolfgang