To enumerate answer blanks in the right margin to match the question, thanks to Marco: \define\ansblank{\inright{\getnumber[itemgroup:itemize]. \thinrules[n=1]}} \setupitemgroup [itemize] [n,style=bold,right=\ansblank] I am trying to augment this to handle nested itemizations so that the \getnumber in the right margin is from the parent itemize but the "\getletter" is from the child: \starttext \startitemize[n] \item First \item Second \startitemize[a] \item Related problem % Would like this to show 2 a. before the marginrule \item Related question % Would like this to show 2 b. before the marginrule \stopitemize \item Third \stopitemize \stoptext Desired output: 1. First 1. _________ 2. Second a. Related problem 2a. ________ b. Related question 2b. ________ 3. Third 3. _________ My attempts have been to define a new "blank" and use [conversion=Character] along with stabs from cont-eni.pdf, but I am flailing and failing. Thanks for any help, John