Hi all, It seems that when using background, \startitemize[columns] does not work as expected: there are no columns, and the numbers of the items are pushed to the left. Below is a not so minimal example: the resulting PDF can be found here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4316076/enumeration-background-exo.pdf I am not sure whether this behaviour began with a recent beta or not. The version I am using is: ConTeXt ver: 2012.01.16 18:33 MKIV. Best regards: OK %%% begin enumeration-background-exo.pdf \definenumber[MyExoNumber][way=bysection,sectionumber=yes] \setuptextrules[rulecolor=darkred] \define\ExoCommand{\incrementnumber[MyExoNumber] \textrule[top]{Exercise \getnumber[MyExoNumber]} \startbackground[frame=off,leftframe=on, framecolor=darkred]} \defineenumeration[exo] [location=hanging, width=fit, text={}, number=hide, number=no, before={\ExoCommand}, after={\stopbackground\blank}] \defineconversion[exercice][\numbers] \def\StartQuestions{% \startitemize[exercice][width=2em,packed,style=bold,stopper=,right=)]} \def\StopQuestions{\stopitemize} \def\q{\item} \starttext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \startexo Prove that \startformula \cos(nt) + {\rm i}\sin(nt) = (\cos(t) + {\rm i}\sin(t))^n. \stopformula \StartQuestions \dorecurse{5}{\q This is question \recurselevel. } \StopQuestions \stopexo %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \startexo Solve the following equations or inequations: \startitemize[r,packed,columns][stopper=,left={(},right={)},distance=1em] \item $3x - 5 = 4$. \item $(x-1)(x+3) = 5$. \item $2 - 3x \geq 2 x - 8$. \item $(x - 1) \leq (x-1)(x+2)$. \item $2x^2 - 3x +1 < 0$. \item $x^2 - 4x \geq x - x^2 - 1$. \stopitemize \stopexo %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \stoptext %%% end enumeration-background-exo.pdf