More precisely, what formerly worked (with my 2008 installation, and it still works when I switch back) is the following minimized setup. The frame and the background are gone :(, the red text is there. Matthias \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[defc][r=.9,g=.9,b=.94] \definetextbackground [defbackground] [background=color, backgroundcolor=defc, align=right, frame=on, corner=round, before=\blank, after=\blank, leftoffset=5pt, rightoffset=5pt, topoffset=5pt, bottomoffset=5pt, framecolor=darkred, location=paragraph, color=darkred] \defineenumeration [definition] [before={\starttextbackground[defbackground]}, after={\stoptextbackground}, text=Definition, way=bysection, location=hanging, letter=rm] \starttext \startdefinition \input knuth \stopdefinition \input knuth \stoptext