Am 09.09.2026 um 12:54 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:
On 9/9/2026 11:48 AM, Florent Michel wrote:
In case that's helpful, the following patch seems to solve the second
issue (not sure if it may have unwelcome side-effects):
I just made this
\unprotect
\def\strc_floats_build_check_boxes
{\ifdim\htdp\b_strc_floats_content<\htdp\b_strc_floats_caption
\setbox\b_strc_floats_content\vpack to
\htdp\b_strc_floats_caption\bgroup
\box\b_strc_floats_content\vfill
\egroup
\fi}
\def\strc_floats_build_box_side
{\c_page_sides_force_shape\conditionalfalse % global ?
\ifconditional\c_strc_floats_par_float
\let\next\strc_floats_build_box_high
\else
\let\next\strc_floats_build_box_middle
\processallactionsinset[\floatcaptionlocation]
[ \v!low=>\let\next\strc_floats_build_box_low,
\v!middle=>\let\next\strc_floats_build_box_middle,
\v!high=>\let\next\strc_floats_build_box_high]%
\fi
\strc_floats_build_check_boxes
\next}
\protect
\setupcaption[figure][location=right]
\starttext
\placefigure{\input{ward}}{\framed[height=5cm]{figure 1}}
\placefigure{\input{ward}}{\framed[height=5cm]{figure 2}}
\placefigure{\input{ward}}{\framed {figure 3}}
\placefigure{\input{ward}}{\framed {figure 4}}
\stoptext
but Wolfgang has to double check it for side effects.
This has negative side effects for captions in the margin areas
(rightmargin, leftmargin, innermargin and outermargin) which use the
same macro. As a result you get large vertical gaps in the document.
Wolfgang
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