Dear list members, I’m able to combine itemize and tabulate as per: https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg86189.html https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg86189.html Also, based on this discussion, I understand that combining modes and tabulate is not possible. Instead modes must be comined with natural tables. https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg88877.html https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg88877.html A logical follow up questions is if itemize can be combined with natural tables that include modes like in the MWE below. MWE: \startsetups [table] \setupTABLE [start] [frame=off,rulethickness=0pt,offset=0pt] \setupTABLE [column] [1] [width=4cm,align=flushleft] \setupTABLE [row] [1] [toffset=5pt] \setupTABLE [column] [2] [width=4cm,align=flushleft] \stopsetups \enablemode[test] \starttext \bTABLE [setups=table] \bTR \bTC Item 1 \eTC \bTC Column 1 \eTC \startmode[test] \bTC Column 2 \eTC \stopmode \eTR \bTR \bTC Item 2 \eTC \bTC Column 1 \eTC \startmode[test] \bTC Column 2 \eTC \stopmode \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext Kind regards, Jan Wilem Flamma