[NTG-context] Use a counter in a reference?

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

On 4/13/20 10:13 PM, Kevin Kenan wrote:
> I have a need to tag elements in a text in a way that they are sequentially numbered and can have references to refer to them. Something like:
> 
> 
>      Here is some \tag[tagref]{\bf text} that is tagged.
>      .
>      .
>      .
>      Refer to tag \tagnumber[tagref] on page \at[tagref].
> 
> 
> What is the best way to do this in ConTeXt? I’ve got a counter for tag number, but I’m not sure how to use \reference so that it uses my tag number. For instance:
> 
> 
>      \definecounter[myTagCounter]
>      .
>      .
>      .
>      \reference[tagref]{\rawcountervalue[myTagCounter]}
> 
> 
> Doesn’t work. But perhaps I’m going about this incorrectly?
> 
> Thanks in advance!

Are you looking for this: 
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/definelabel ?

HTH

Thomas