Hi, One can select between short and long figure captions (for an index of figures and the figure display itself, respectively) using a selector. The syntax is: \defineselector [caption] [max=2,n=2] % alternate {short}{long} captions \starttext \placefigure [here] [fig:reference] {\select{caption} {short caption} {long caption: bla, bla, bla.} } {\externalfigure [myfigure]} ... \startchapter [title={Figure index}] \setupselector [caption] [n=1] \placelistoffigures [criterium=all] \stopchapter \stoptext I find "\select{caption}" to be awkward as the label caption is not typeset (the convention of text between {}). Should not the syntax be rather "\select[caption]{short}{long}" or else "\selectcaption{short}{long}"? What do the experts think? Alan