Am 05.09.2026 um 16:32 schrieb Jim Diamond via ntg-context:
Hi all,
If I have
\setupwhitespace[big]
...
Labs:
\startitemize[nowhite,a]
\item black
\item chocolate
\item yellow
\stopitemize
then the "Labs:" line is immediately followed by the "black" item, as
desired (in this case).
But if the list is a sub-list, as in the example below, there is a blank
line after "Labs:".
I have tried a variety of different options, all to no avail. As a
work-around, if I make the outer list "packed" and put a \blank after the
last item in each sub-list, I get what I want.
But is there a set of options which automagically packs the sub-lists (and
the text above them) together but separates the sub-lists by blank lines?
Context use the value of the inbetween key at the begin and end of sub
lists unless you change this behaviour with the spacing=before option.
The following example demonstrates how you can use the packed option and
the before and after key to change the spacing in the list.
%%%% begin example
\define[1]\HighlightParameter
{\leftaligned{\tttf\middlecyan [#1]}}
\starttext
\startbuffer[itemize]
\startitemize
\startitem Item 1 \stopitem
\startitem
Item 2
\startitemize
\startitem Item 2.1 \stopitem
\startitem Item 2.2 \stopitem
\stopitemize
\stopitem
\startitem Item 3 \stopitem
\stopitemize
\stopbuffer
\startbuffer[packed]
\setupitemize[1][packed]
\setupitemize[2][unpacked]
\stopbuffer
\startbuffer[spacing]
\setupitemize[1][spacing=before]
\stopbuffer
\startbuffer[combined]
\setupitemize[1][packed][spacing=before]
\setupitemize[2][unpacked]
\stopbuffer
\startbuffer[disable]
\setupitemize[1][packed][before=,after=]
\setupitemize[2][unpacked]
\stopbuffer
\setupitemize
[before=\HighlightParameter{before},
after=\HighlightParameter{after},
inbetween=\HighlightParameter{inbetween}]
\start
\typebuffer[itemize] \getbuffer[itemize]
\stop
\page
\start
\typebuffer[packed,itemize] \getbuffer[packed,itemize]
\stop
\page
\start
\typebuffer[spacing,itemize] \getbuffer[spacing,itemize]
\stop
\page
\start
\typebuffer[combined,itemize] \getbuffer[combined,itemize]
\stop
\page
\start
\typebuffer[disable,itemize] \getbuffer[disable,itemize]
\stop
\stoptext
%%%% end example
You should also consider to use head entries insted of normal item
entries for you first level as shown in your example.
%%%% begin example
\starttext
\startitemize[a][afterhead={\blank[nowhite,disable]}]
\starthead{Item}
\startitemize[a]
\startitem Subitem \stopitem
\stopitemize
\stophead
\stopitemize
\stoptext
%%%% end example
Wolfgang
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