Hi all,

Ok, last message in this topic, I promise. I’ve crafted a MWE.

If I \setupwhitespace[line], the \blank[-0.5em] stops working. I’m sure I need to revise my TeX notes. For now, can somebody give me a little encouragement and tell me the answer? :-P

\usecolors[xwi]
% \setupwhitespace[line]

\starttext
\definetextbackground[secondary][
  location=always,
  background=color,
  backgroundcolor=lightgray,
  leftoffset=.5\bodyfontsize,
  rightoffset=.5\bodyfontsize,
  topoffset=.5\bodyfontsize,
  bottomoffset=.5\bodyfontsize,
  frame=off,]

\input knuth

\startnarrower
  \dontleavehmode\framed[
    width=local, corner=03, background=color, backgroundcolor=cyan,
    frame=off
  ]{My header!}

  \blank[-0.5em]

  \startsecondary
    \input knuth
  \stopsecondary
\stopnarrower

\input knuth
\stoptext

Regards
Jon


> On Aug 21, 2019, at 9:37 PM, Jon Wong <jhannwong@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Ah, found the solution in TextBackground. At here: https://www.contextgarden.net/TextBackground <https://www.contextgarden.net/TextBackground>
> 
> Can I have a 2-segment (2 vboxes) TextBackground (presumably with 2 TextBackgrounds, zero vspace between them)?
> 
> For the top segment, I want rounded corners only for top corners (corner=03 with \framed).
> 
> Seems I really should dig into MetaFun and TextBackground. Looks really fun and useful.
> 
> Sorry for the noise. Am a little carried away exploring the Garden. :-P
> 
> Regards
> Jon
> 
> 
>> On Aug 21, 2019, at 9:25 PM, Jon Wong <jhannwong@gmail.com <mailto:jhannwong@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Sorry, my solution didn’t work.
>> 
>> My purpose of using \startnarrower is to have some paragraphs of text inside the \framed. Unfortunately, it seems \framed doesn’t take paragraphs.
>> 
>> \startframedtext doesn’t have as many border options as \framed.
>> 
>> Should I use overlays? Or layers? It seems layers require absolutely positioning, and can’t be logically contained inside a \startnarrower?
>> 
>> Regards
>> Jon
>> 
>> 
>>> On Aug 21, 2019, at 8:53 PM, Jon Wong <jhannwong@gmail.com <mailto:jhannwong@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I got some progress!
>>> 
>>> \setupnarrower[left=2cm, right=2cm] % what does middle do, actually?
>>> \startnarrower
>>> \dontleavehmode\framed[width=local]{testing}
>>> 
>>> Since this works for left offset: \framed[width=local]{testing}
>>> \endnarrower
>>> 
>>> So, how do I do a gradient background? Yeah, I know I have to dive into MetaPost and MetaFun some time. Is that where the solution is?
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> Jon
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 21, 2019, at 8:14 PM, Jon Wong <jhannwong@gmail.com <mailto:jhannwong@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> I want to have a \startnarrower effect. But I also want that segment to have a border (hopefully a gradient background color too!).
>>>> 
>>>> I tried:
>>>> 
>>>> \startnarrower
>>>> \framed{testing}
>>>> 
>>>> Seems framed doesn’t observe startnarrower commands.
>>>> \endnarrower
>>>> 
>>>> How do I achieve that?
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> Jon
>>> 
>> 
>