Hello, The placement of backgrounded text is sometimes unexpected: it forces a page break even if there's much room in the page to put the whole thing. Searching in the mailing list I've found one thread about the subject (http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20051205.090518.90cc69d4.en.html), but playing with \setupinterlinespace as suggested doesn't help. The problem often occurs just after a heading starting at the top of a page (section, enumeration title). Here is an example showing the behaviour: \setuplayout[middle] \setupcolors[state=start] % Background \definecolor[ScreenGray][s=.95] \setupbackground [background=screen, frame=on, strut=yes, width=broad, before=\blank, after=\blank, framecolor=ScreenGray, align=right] % Verbatim environment for programlisting \definetyping[programlisting] \setuptyping[programlisting] [bodyfont=small, before={\startbackground}, after={\stopbackground}] \starttext \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \section{joke} Here is an example: \startprogramlisting Some code \stopprogramlisting And the text continues... \stoptext Regards, BG