Hi, Since the version 20090717 \showgrid causes problems. The contents of the pages vanishes, the footer however remains. The problem remains in 20090720. \setuppagenumbering[location=footer] \setuplayout [topspace=2.5cm, backspace=1.5cm, header=0pt, footerdistance=1mm, footer=\bodyfontsize, height=middle, width=middle, grid=yes] \mainlanguage[nl] \showgrid \starttext \input ward \stoptext Willi