Here is the example again, now with p columns. Never mind the non-working third example (ConTeXt wraps three elements in the third column now but not inside the \framed), but it seems that ConTeXt does not wrap the first column at all. As a result, the other two are very small. G PS. The ConTeXT manual does not have \starttable documentation, not does the wiki (how does 'p' work etc). % Try with 'p' columns \usemodule[bib] % defines \newcommand \newcommand{\operand}[1]{{\sc #1}} \newcommand{\ttvalue}[1]{{\sc #1}} \newcommand{\xttable}[7]{\starttable[|p|p|p|]\HL % #1 \NC #2 \NC #1 \operand{#3} #2 \SR\HL \ttvalue{false} \NC \ttvalue{false} \NC \ttvalue{#4} \FR % \ttvalue{false} \NC \ttvalue{true} \NC \ttvalue{#5} \MR % \ttvalue{true} \NC \ttvalue{false} \NC \ttvalue{#6} \MR % \ttvalue{true} \NC \ttvalue{true} \NC \ttvalue{#7} \LR\HL % \stoptable} \newcommand{\ttable}[5]{\xttable{a}{b}{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}} \starttext Looks fine:\blank \midaligned{% \xttable{Statement X}{Statement Y}{$\Rightarrow$}% {unknown}{unknown}{invalid (false)}{valid (true)} } This doesn't work:\blank \midaligned{% \xttable{Some sort of longer statement}{Another sort of longer statement}% {$\Rightarrow$}% {unknown}{unknown}{invalid (false)}{valid (true)} } This doesn't work either:\blank \midaligned{% \xttable{\framed[width=2cm,frame=off]{Some sort\par of longer statement\par}}{\framed[width=2cm,frame=off]{Another sort\par of longer statement\par}}{$\Rightarrow$}% {unknown}{unknown}{invalid (false)}{valid (true)} } \stoptext