Hi Mekeor,
Here is a simple solution that does not need extensions or redefinitions, but
unfortunately it does need a bit of extra code through the body text processing.
AFAIK, there are no “beforelist” and “afterlist” keys, nor a “rightmargin".
\startbodymatter
\chapter{Lorem ipsum dolor sit}
\chapter{Lorem ipsum dolor sit}
\section{Lorem ipsum dolor sit}
\writebetweenlist[section][location=here]{\startnarrower[right]} % <= tweak
as needed
\subsection{Loren ipsum}
\subsection{Lorem ipsum dolor}
\subsection{Lorem ipsum dolor sit}
\writebetweenlist[section][location=here]{\stopnarrower}
\section{Lorem ipsum dolor sit}
Best wishes,
Taco
> On 4 Aug 2026, at 14:56, Mekeor Melire <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone.
>
> I'm new here and enjoying ConTeXt very much. I'm currently
> typesetting my master thesis.
>
> I'm using \setuplist[subsection][alternative=d,...] so that
> subsections are listed horizontally / continuously in the table of
> contents. I like this except for one nuance:
>
> These continuous lines go too far to the right. In my opinion,
> they should not be wider than the dotted style “alternative=c”. I
> tried out “style” and many other options but did not
> succeed. Could anyone help me out with this?
>
> Here's a visualization of what I get. As you can see, “Badword” is
> below the page number of the major headings.
>
>
> 1 Foo ...................................................... 1
> 2 Bar ...................................................... 2
> Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Lorem Badword
> Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet
> 3 Baz ...................................................... 10
>
>
> Here's what I want: As you can see, “Badword” is rendered on the
> next line so that it does not overflow the dots-width.
>
>
> 1 Foo ...................................................... 1
> 2 Bar ...................................................... 2
> Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Lorem
> Badword Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet
> 3 Baz ...................................................... 10
>
>
>
> I was considering something like rightmargin=4em or so but I
> couldn't find any option effective in such way.
>
> Attached is an example. Thanks in advance.
>
> Best regards
> Mekeor
>
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