Thanks, it was particularly the braces that I had overlooked. Julian On 28/4/21 2:58 pm, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Move both \definelayer and \setupbackgrounds to the start of the > document and put braces ({...}) around the list entry. > > Wolfgang > > jbf > schrieb am Mi., > 28. Apr. 2021, 06:53: > > It is not clear to me. I have two \setupbackgrounds as you can > see. If I put setupbackgrounds[page][background=blessings,tree] > for the first one I get the tree but not the blessing graphic. If > I also have the same for the second one > (\setupbackgrounds[page][background=blessings,tree]) I get the > blessings graphic but not the tree! I want both obviously. Sorry > for being obtuse. > > Julian > > On 28/4/21 2:44 pm, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> >> jbf > schrieb am >> Mi., 28. Apr. 2021, 06:25: >> >> Hi list, >> >> Is it possible to place two layers on the same page? I have >> several >> pages where that would be necessary. On the first of those >> pages, it did >> actually work, but on the remaining other pages, the second >> layer, even >> though located at the bottom of the page, eliminates the >> first layer. I >> have simply set them up one after the other. As you can see, >> the 1st is >> towards the top left of the page, while the second is bottom >> right. >> >> \definelayer[blessings]  % name of the layer >>      [x=0mm, y=0mm,  % from upper left corner of paper >>       width=\paperwidth, height=.5\paperheight] % let the >> layer cover >> the full paper >> \setlayer[blessings]    % name of the layer >>      [hoffset=.09\textwidth, voffset=1.7cm]  % placement >> (from upper >> left corner of the layer) >>      {\externalfigure[bless.eps][width=3cm]}  % the actual >> contents of >> the layer >> \setupbackgrounds[page][background=blessings] >> >> \definelayer[tree]  % name of the layer >>      [x=0mm, y=0mm,  % from upper left corner of paper >>       width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight] % let the layer >> cover the >> full paper >> \setlayer[tree]    % name of the layer >>      [hoffset=.75\textwidth, voffset=15.1cm]  % placement >> (from upper >> left corner of the layer) >> {\externalfigure[Pohutukawa.jpg][width=.5\textwidth]} % the >> actual >> contents of the layer >> \setupbackgrounds[page][background=tree] >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> >> >> >> \setupbackgrounds [page] [background={blessings,trees}] >> >> Wolfgang >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! >> >> maillist :ntg-context@ntg.nl /http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >> webpage :http://www.pragma-ade.nl /http://context.aanhet.net >> archive :https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ >> wiki :http://contextgarden.net >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >