runs in mkii and mkiv, but the optional argument for \HL is only valid for mkii. For mkiv it is not taken into account.
\starttext \starttable[|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|]\HL \VL 1 \VL 2 \VL 3 \VL 4 \VL 5 \VL 6 \VL 7 \VL 8 \VL 9 \VL 10 \VL\AR\HL[5] \stoptable \stoptext Herbert ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________