Hans Hagen wrote (2001-10-18 (13:09)):

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At 09:40 AM 10/18/2001 +0000, Peter Jander wrote:

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Hi,

I want a line to separate the header from the text body. Now if I say

\setupheader[after=\textrule]

the line starts in the margin. The length is the width of the text (which is ok). The same happens with a \hairline. Any suggestions on how I can make the line span just the text block?

\setupbackgrounds[header][text] [frame=on,topframe=off,leftframe=off,rightframe=off]

\setuplayout[header=18pt,headerdistance=12pt]

\starttext \input tufte \stoptext

Why doesn't Peter's solution work? It is the first that a new user will think about (well, I did, at least :-). And the rules really are something that logically belongs to the header, not to the background. For example, when you start a new chapter, and switch off the header on its first page, then you want the rule to disappear as well, and not to switch it off separately by changing the state of the background. (By the way, how would that work? Can you give a \setuphead solution?)

Marco

Hi, Sorry to bump this very old thread, but I've searched a long time to find this solution : \setupheader[text][after=\hrule height 1pt] Hope it helps Bob