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\startitemize[R,fit][itemalign=flushright,stopper={ --- }]
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\dorecurse{5}{\item blablabla}
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\startitemize[R,fit][itemalign=flushright,stopper={ --- }]
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== Spacing ==
 
== Spacing ==

Revision as of 14:12, 29 May 2009

< Structurals

Overview of commands

\startitemize

The most basic form of using enumerations in ConTeXt is

 \startitemize
 \item here we list the points,
 \item one after the other.
 \stopitemize

The \startitemize command takes optional parameters (see the documentation of \startitemgroup for a complete list), for example a number conversion may be given, with the following predefined types:

n or NUsually the default: a numbered list
mA numbered list, with lowercase (“medieval”, aka “oldstyle”) numbers.
18Different kinds of bullets. All items get the same symbol.
aItems are numbered a., b., c., …
AItems are numbered A., B., C., …
AKItems are numbered A., B., C., …, in small caps.
rItems are numbered in lowercase Roman numerals.
RItems are numbered in uppercase Roman numerals.
KRItems are numbered in uppercase Roman numerals, small caps style.

It is also possible to define your own number conversions; see User-Defined Enumerations. If you have loaded the Chinese module, you can also use c (and some more) for Chinese numbers.

Additional parameters include

  • continue (start where the previous itemization was finished, to allow text injections),
  • packed (less vertical space between items),
  • inmargin (place enumeration symbols into the margin), and
  • text (paragraph enumerations, formats the items as a running text).

\setupitemize

To change the general layout of enumerations, there is \setupitemize. It accepts an integer as its first parameter to denote for which level of itemization the subsequent settings should apply.

You will find more about \setupitemize at \defineitemgroup.

\defineitemgroup

For finer control, it is advisable to create new types of itemization, using the command \defineitemgroup (which unfortunately seems undocumented). For example:

  \defineitemgroup[ltxitm][levels=5]
  %
  \setupitemgroup[ltxitm][1][1]
  \setupitemgroup[ltxitm][2][2]
  \setupitemgroup[ltxitm][3][3,packed]
  \setupitemgroup[ltxitm][4][4,packed]
  \setupitemgroup[ltxitm][5][5,packed]
  %
  \starttext
  %
  \startltxitm
    \item Consider
      \startltxitm
      \item this part
      \item and also these subpoints:
        \startltxitm
        \item one
        \item two
        \item three
          \startltxitm
            \item threeandahalf
          \stopltxitm
        \item four
        \stopltxitm
      \stopltxitm
  \stopltxitm
  %
  \stoptext

Customization details and examples

Labels

\setupitemize[left=(, right=), margin=4em, stopper=]
\startitemize[a]
\item one item,
\item next item.
\stopitemize
  • margin is from left margin to start of item text
  • stopper is the dot (or whatever) after the "number"
\startitemize[R,fit][itemalign=flushright,stopper={ --- }]
\dorecurse{5}{\item blablabla}
\stopitemize

Spacing

This is the way how you can set spacing before and after itemize when working with

\setupwhitespace[big]

An option nowhite comes in handy:

paragraph before

\startitemize[joinedup,nowhite,after]
\item first
\item second
\stopitemize

paragraph after

These are all the four possible combinations of whitespace settings that you might want to use:


Multicolumn

Hans posted a solution to the list for a multicolumn enumeration that counts across then down, instead of down then across. When he posted it (Dec 21, 2005), he said the joinedup option does not work, but he would fix that. This is a version without the tufte and zapf text

\starttext

Some previous sentence before the list

\startitemize[columns,n,joinedup]
\item one
\item two
\stopitemize
\startitemize[continue,columns,joinedup]
\item one
\item two
\stopitemize
\startitemize[continue,columns,joinedup]
\item one
\item two
\stopitemize

And the text continues after the list

\stoptext

Other considerations

Randomizing items

It is possible to make ConTeXt randomize the items in enumerations; this can come handy when, e.g., typesetting tests. You have to add a random option to \startitemize. There are two caveats:

  1. You have to say \startitem ... \stopitem instead of \item ... .
  2. Somehow the first item does not get randomized. (I learned from the mailing list - thanks, Aditya! - that adding a \nextrandom somewhere earlier helps.)

Example:

\nextrandom
\startitemize[random]
\startitem A \stopitem
\startitem B \stopitem
\startitem C \stopitem
%\startitem F \stopitem
\stopitemize

Referring to items

You can also use a reference to an item, just like a chapter or section. See also References.

\starttext
\startitemize[n]
\item A
\item[foo] B
\item C
\stopitemize
\dots
As seen in \in{item}[foo] on page \at{page}[foo], B is teh shizzle.
\stoptext