Dear list, I have the following sample: \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \definelayer[MyLayer][state=continue] \setlayer[MyLayer]{This is my layer.} \setupbackgrounds[page][background={MyLayer}] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext I need the text to be double-sided, but is there no way that the layer doesn’t show up when the text area is empty? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk