On 29 Nov 2014, at 11:49 , Mark Szepieniec wrote

Sorry, I should have mentioned I was able to work around it by doing exactly that, but I'd rather not have to edit all the \placefigure instances if I decide to change the width.

Also I'd like to use a different default width for graphics, so \setupexternalfigures[width=XXXcm] wouldn't work well either.

I realize I could define my own macros or something to solve this, but I'm just puzzled that setting width in \setupfloat[figure] doesn't work. Am I reading the manual wrong, or is is just not implemented yet or something? (honest question)

Hi Mark, What I would probably do (again) is: 1 leave out the float dimension from the setup and use something like \definefloat[figure][figures] \setupfloat[figure][location=,spacebefore=,spaceafter=,sidespacebefore=,sidespaceafter=] or whatever you want in this respect 2 collect in a separate .tex-file, to be input in your document .tex-file, all figure-data in the form \useexternalfigure[Fig1][YourFigure1.png][width=.x\textwidth]% etc If you want a different uniform figure width you can then easily replace ijn this file all width=.x\textwidth by width=.y\textwidth. 3 In your document .tex-file use \placefigure[here][Fig1]{Title} {\externalfigure[Fig1]} This will probably give you optimal flexibility. I hope it helps. Best regards, Robert Blackstone