In natural tables http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TABLE the parameters columndistance=dimension, and spaceinbetween=dimension, will set the gaps between columns and rows, respectively. Is there some way of specifying row gaps for specific rows? For example, say that I only want a gap after the first row. I tried: \bTABLE \bTR [spaceinbetween=.25em] \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD A \eTD \bTD B \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD a \eTD \bTD b \eTD \eTR \eTABLE Alternately, I tried \setupTABLE [r][1][spaceinbetween=.25em] but these do not work. One might think about trying \bTR [bottomframe=on,framecolor=white,rulethickness=.25em] ... \eTR but this presents several problems: 1) When using background=color, the background color gives a hairline overflow beyond the rule, at least using the pdf viewers that I have on my computer. 2) there appears to be some interference between setting rulethickness and columndistance, so that spaces between columns disappear when putting a thick bottomframe. Of course, one could kludge a column separation using a rightframe, but this is not satisfactory. 3) The use of a white rule when one really wants to leave some space is not very satisfying. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Alan