As soon as I use floats, text isn’t typeset on the grid any more:
\setuppaper[A5] \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showframe\showgrid \setupexternalfigure[ location={local,global,default}, ] \starttext \samplefile{lorem} \startplacefigure[location=left,title=left]% \externalfigure[mill][width=.25\textwidth] \stopplacefigure \samplefile{lorem} \startplacefigure[location=bottom,title=bottom]% \externalfigure[cow][width=.25\textwidth] \stopplacefigure \startplacefigure[location=right,title=right]% \externalfigure[mill][width=.25\textwidth] \stopplacefigure \samplefile{lorem} \startplacefigure[location=left,title=left]% \externalfigure[mill][width=.25\textwidth] \stopplacefigure \samplefile{lorem} \stoptext Hraban ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : https://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________