On 2013–04–18 "H. Özoguz" wrote:

> Thanks Marco, but I was not precise enough: I want this underlied
> gray in the header for the chapter-marking. The direct attempt below
> fails:
> 
> \definetextbackground
>   [marker]
>   [background=color,
>    backgroundcolor=gray,
>    frame=off]
> \setupheadertexts[][ {\marker{\getmarking[section]}}][][]
> \starttext
> \section{Blub}
> \stoptext

\setupheadertexts [][{\marker{\getmarking[section]}}][][]

\defineframed
  [marker]
  [frame=off,
   background=color,
   backgroundcolor=yellow]

\starttext
  \section{Blub}
\stoptext


Marco