[NTG-context] setupinteraction contrastcolor broken?

[NTG-context] setupinteraction contrastcolor broken?

[Ben Moon via ntg-context]

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Hey,
I’m trying to put together a document containing citations as well as a publication list. I would like to have the text for the citation black and the hyperlink in blue. Similar as suggested in https://wiki.contextgarden.net/References_notes_and_floats/Bibliography_and_citations#Colored_links_in_bibliography_entries
So for the main text, I do
\setupinteraction[
    state=start,
    color=blue,
    contrastcolor=,
    click=yes,
    style=,
]

And for the bibliography and publications

\setupinteraction[color=blue, contrastcolor=black]

This works well with context 2023.03.10 12:15, however, in more recent versions 2024.06.21 23:45 and 2026.01.08 23:30, this stopped working and parts of the bibliography are all blue.
I tried to put together a minimal working example below.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thank you very much in advance

Ben


\enableregime[utf]

% buffer for publications
\startbuffer[testdata]
@Article{Abbe:AmA9:413,
  author       = {Abbe, E.},
  title        = {Beitr{\"a}ge zur {T}heorie des {M}ikroskops und der mikroskopischen {W}ahrnehmung},
  journal      = {Arch. Mikrosk. Anat.},
  year         = 1873,
  volume       = 9,
  number       = 1,
  pages        = {413--418},
  ISSN         = {0176-7364},
  doi          = {10.1007/BF02956173},
  url          = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02956173},
}

@Article{AbdElRahim:JPCA109:8507,
  author       = {{Abd El Rahim}, M and Antoine, R and Broyer, M and Rayane, D and Dugourd, Ph},
  title        = {Asymmetric top rotors in electric fields: influence of chaos and collisions in
                  molecular beam deflection experiments.},
  year         = 2005,
  month        = sep,
  journal      = {J. Phys. Chem. A},
  volume       = 109,
  number       = 38,
  pages        = {8507--8514},
  doi          = {10.1021/jp053127p},
  url          = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16834247},
}

@Article{Ablikim:PCCP19:13419,
  author       = {Ablikim, Utuq and Bomme, C{\'e}dric and Savelyev, Evgeny and Xiong, Hui and
                  Kushawaha, Rajesh and Boll, Rebecca and Amini, Kasra and Osipov, Timur and
                  Kilcoyne, David and Rudenko, Artem and Berrah, Nora and Rolles, Daniel},
  title        = {Isomer-dependent fragmentation dynamics of inner-shell photoionized
                  difluoroiodobenzene},
  journal      = {Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.},
  year         = 2017,
  volume       = 19,
  number       = 21,
  pages        = {13419--13431},
  month        = may,
  url          = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7CP01379E},
  doi          = {10.1039/C7CP01379E},
}

@Article{Ablikim:RSI90:055103,
  author       = {Ablikim, Utuq and Bomme, Cédric and Osipov, Timur and Xiong, Hui and Obaid, Razib
                  and Bilodeau, René C. and Kling, Nora G. and Dumitriu, Ileana and Augustin, Sven
                  and Pathak, Shashank and Schnorr, Kirsten and Kilcoyne, David and Berrah, Nora and
                  Rolles, Daniel },
  title        = {A coincidence velocity map imaging spectrometer for ions and high-energy electrons
                  to study inner-shell photoionization of gas-phase molecules},
  journal      = {Rev. Sci. Instrum.},
  year         = 2019,
  volume       = 90,
  number       = 5,
  pages        = 055103,
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5093420},
  doi          = {10.1063/1.5093420},
}

@Article{AboRiziq:2011jy,
  author       = {Abo-Riziq, Ali and Grace, Louis and Crews, Bridgit and Callahan, Michael P and van
                  Mourik, Tanja and Vries, Mattanjah S de},
  title        = {Conformational Structure of Tyrosine, Tyrosyl-glycine, and Tyrosyl-glycyl-glycine
                  by Double Resonance Spectroscopy},
  journal      = {J. Phys. Chem. A},
  year         = 2011,
  volume       = 115,
  number       = 23,
  pages        = {6077--6087},
  month        = jun,
  doi          = {10.1021/jp110601w},
}

@Article{AboRiziq:acie45:5166,
  title        = {Spectroscopy of Isolated Gramicidin Peptides},
  author       = {Abo-Riziq, Ali and Crews, Bridgit O. and Callahan, Michael P. and Grace, Louis and
                  de Vries, Mattanjah S.},
  journal      = {Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.},
  volume       = 45,
  number       = 31,
  pages        = {5166–5169},
  year         = 2006,
  doi          = {10.1002/anie.200601516},
  url          = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.200601516/full},
}

@Article{Abouafmarguin:CPL447:232,
  title        = {Nuclear spin conversion of water diluted in solid argon at 4.2 {K}: {E}nvironment
                  and atmospheric impurities effects},
  author       = {L. Abouaf-Marguin and A.-M. Vasserot and C. Pardanaud and X. Michaut},
  journal      = {Chem. Phys. Lett.},
  volume       = 447,
  number       = 4,
  pages        = {232–235},
  year         = 2007,
  doi          = {10.1016/j.cplett.2007.09.014},
  url          = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009261407012377},
}

@InProceedings{Abouali:IEEEconf2007:1076-1080,
  author       = {O. {Abouali} and G. {Ahmadi}},
  booktitle    = {2007 2nd IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular
                  Systems},
  title        = {An Axisymmetric Model for Diffusion of Nano-Particles},
  doi          = {10.1109/NEMS.2007.352204},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1109/NEMS.2007.352204},
  year         = 2007,
  pages        = {1076--1080},
  keywords     = {Brownian motion;diffusion;nanoparticles;axisymmetric
                  model;diffusion;nanoparticles;Eulerian approach;concentration distribution
                  equation;mean square radial displacements;Cartesian directions;Langevin
                  equation;Brownian motion;radial direction;Lagrangian particle trajectory
                  analysis;one-way coupling model;particle equation of
                  motion;Equations;Computational modeling;Predictive models;Lagrangian
                  functions;Systems engineering and theory;Mechanical engineering;USA
                  Councils;Performance analysis;Analysis of variance;Numerical
                  simulation;nano;micro;diffusion;axi-symmetric},
}

@Article{Abraham:AO37:1762,
  author       = {Eric R.I. Abraham and Eric A. Cornell},
  journal      = {Applied Optics},
  number       = 10,
  pages        = {1762--1763},
  publisher    = {OSA},
  title        = {Teflon feedthrough for coupling optical fibers into ultrahigh vacuum systems},
  volume       = 37,
  month        = {Apr},
  year         = 1998,
  doi          = {10.1364/AO.37.001762},
}

@Article{Abraham:RCMP28:1,
  title        = {Zur elektrodynamik bewegter k{\"o}rper},
  author       = {Abraham, Max},
  journal      = {Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo (1884-1940)},
  volume       = 28,
  number       = 1,
  pages        = {1--28},
  year         = 1909,
  publisher    = Springer,
}
\stopbuffer

% buffer for bibliography
\startbuffer[testbib]
@Article{Akkerman:JChemCryst33:969,
  abstract     = {A single crystal of phase 1 of 1,2-difluoroethane was grown from the melt directly
                  on an X-ray diffractometer close to the melting point of 169 K. It crystallizes in
                  the monoclinic space group C2/c with lattice parameters a = 7.775(4), b =
                  4.4973(7), c = 9.024(3) Angstrom, beta = 101.73(1)degrees, V = 308.9(2)
                  Angstrom(3), d(calc) = 1.420 g cm(-3) for Z = 4. A second phase of
                  1,2-difluoroethane was obtained under similar conditions which crystallizes in the
                  orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) with the unit cell parameters a =
                  8.0467(16), b = 4.5086(9), c = 8.279(2) Angstrom, V = 300.36(11) Angstrom(3),
                  d(calc) = 1.461 g cm(-3) for Z = 4. In both phases the 1,2-difluoroethane
                  molecules adopt the gauche conformation with F - C - C - F torsion angles close to
                  68degrees. Crystals of 1,2-diiodoethane C2H4I2 were grown from pentane at
                  -30degreesC. A platelet single crystal of the size 0.35 X 0.25 X 0.03 mm was
                  measured with Mo Kalpha-radiation at 153 K. 1,2-Diiodoethane crystallizes in the
                  monoclinic space group P2(1)/n with a unit cell of a = 4.6051(7), b = 12.939(2), c
                  = 4.7318(7) Angstrom, c = 4.7318(7) Angstrom, beta = 104.636(3)degrees, V =
                  272.79(7) Angstrom(3). Z = 2, d(calc) = 3.431 g cm(-3), mu(MoKalpha) = 11.353
                  mm(-1). In the molecule the two neighboring iodine atoms are positioned anti. The
                  shortest intermolecular contacts occur via iodine-iodine interactions resulting in
                  layers of molecules in the crystal.},
  author       = {F Akkerman and J Buschmann and D Lentz and P Luger and E Rodel},
  journal      = {J Chem Crystallogr},
  month        = {Jan},
  number       = 12,
  pages        = {969--975},
  title        = {Crystal and molecular structure of 1,2-difluoroethane and 1,2-diiodoethane},
  volume       = 33,
  year         = 2003,
}

@Article{Akre:2001,
  author       = {Akre, R and Bentson, L and Emma, P and Krejcik, P},
  journal      = {Conf.Proc.},
  pages        = {2353--2355},
  reportnumber = {SLAC-PUB-8864, PAC-2001-WPAH116, LCLS-TN-00-12},
  title        = {A transverse RF deflecting structure for bunch length and phase space diagnostics},
  volume       = {C0106181},
  year         = 2001,
}

@Article{Aksakal:NIMPRS600:155,
  author       = {Hüsnü Aksakal and Ertan Arıkan},
  title        = {A feasibility study of TAC IR-FEL project },
  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers,
                  Detectors and Associated Equipment},
  volume       = 620,
  number       = {2–3},
  pages        = {155--158},
  year         = 2010,
  ISSN         = {0168-9002},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2010.04.016},
  url          = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900210008168},
}

@Article{Al-Refaie:MNRAS448:1704,
  title        = {{ExoMol} line lists --- {VIII}. A variationally computed line list for
                  hot formaldehyde},
  author       = {Al-Refaie, Ahmed F and Yachmenev, Andrey and Tennyson, Jonathan and Yurchenko,
                  Sergei N},
  journal      = {Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  volume       = 448,
  number       = 2,
  pages        = {1704--1714},
  year         = 2015,
  publisher    = {Oxford University Press},
  doi          = {10.1093/mnras/stv091},
}


@Article{Al-Refaie:MNRAS461:1012,
  doi          = {10.1093/mnras/stw1295},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1093\%2Fmnras\%2Fstw1295},
  year         = 2016,
  month        = {may},
  publisher    = {Oxford University Press ({OUP})},
  volume       = 461,
  number       = 1,
  pages        = {1012--1022},
  author       = {Ahmed F. Al-Refaie and Oleg L. Polyansky and Roman I. Ovsyannikov and Jonathan
                  Tennyson and Sergei N. Yurchenko},
  title        = {{ExoMol} line lists --- {XV}. A new hot line list for hydrogen peroxide},
  journal      = {Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}
,
}

@Article{AlAmiedy:JPD16:1429,
  abstract     = {A novel type of electrostatic state selector for molecules has been devised which
                  has a high transparency to rejected molecules and permits focusing of molecules
                  with mu eff<0. The electrode geometry is that of a single-wire helix placed
                  concentrically within a coaxial outer electrode, which may be the vacuum chamber
                  itself. Theoretical analysis of the electrostatic potential within the helix
                  reveals that the device has the characteristics of a 'leaky' potential well for a
                  molecular beam passing through it. An optimal electrode geometry of a helix pitch
                  three to four times the helix radius is calculated. Experimental results are
                  obtained for the unifilar helix focuser in a molecular beam maser oscillator and
                  spectrometer, the latter being used as a beam detector. Whilst the state selector
                  in its present form appears to have state selection properties somewhat inferior
                  to existing electrostatic focusers, it is unique in respect of its simplicity of
                  construction},
  author       = {Al-{A}miedy, D. H. H. and Dugdale, D. E. and Lain\'e, D. C.},
  journal      = {J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.},
  pages        = {1429--1438},
  title        = {Single-wire helical state selector for molecular-beam masers},
  volume       = 16,
  year         = 1983,
}

@Article{AlAmiedy:PL66A:94,
  author       = {Al-{A}miedy, D. H. H. and Lain\'e, D. C.},
  doi          = {10.1016/0375-9601(78)90005-1},
  journal      = {Physics Letters A},
  number       = 2,
  pages        = {94--96},
  title        = {Ring-type state selector and space focuser for molecules with a positive induced
                  dipole moment},
  volume       = 66,
  year         = 1978,
}

@Article{AlRefaie:JINST14:P10003,
  author       = {Ahmed Al-Refaie and Melby Johny and Jonathan Correa and David Pennicard and Peter
                  Svihra and Andrei Nomerotski and Sebastian Trippel and Jochen Küpper},
  title        = {{PymePix}: A {P}ython library for {SPIDR} readout of {T}imepix3},
  year         = 2019,
  journal      = {Journal of Instrumentation},
  volume       = 14,
  number       = 10,
  pages        = {P10003},
  doi          = {10.1088/1748-0221/14/10/P10003},
  url          = {https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-0221/14/10/P10003/meta},
  archiveprefix= {arXiv},
  eprint       = {1905.07999},
  primaryclass = {physics},
}


@Article{AlRefaie:MNRAS448:1704,
  year         = 2015,
  month        = feb,
  publisher    = OUP,
  volume       = 448,
  number       = 2,
  pages        = {1704--1714},
  author       = {A. F. Al-Refaie and A. Yachmenev and J. Tennyson and S. N. Yurchenko},
  title        = {{ExoMol} line lists - {VIII}. {A} variationally computed line list for hot
                  formaldehyde},
  journal      = {Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  doi          = {10.1093/mnras/stv091},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv091},
}

@Article{Alauddin:PCCP17:2169,
  author       = {Alauddin, Mohammad and Biswal, Himansu S. and Gloaguen, Eric and Mons, Michel},
  title        = {Intra-residue interactions in proteins: interplay between serine or cysteine side
                  chains and backbone conformations{,} revealed by laser spectroscopy of isolated
                  model peptides},
  journal      = {Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics},
  year         = 2015,
  volume       = 17,
  issue        = 3,
  pages        = {2169--2178},
  publisher    = {The Royal Society of Chemistry},
  doi          = {10.1039/C4CP04449E},
  url          = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4CP04449E},
  abstract     = {Intra-residue interactions play an important role in proteins by influencing local
                  folding of the backbone. Taking advantage of the capability of gas phase
                  experiments to provide relevant information on the intrinsic H-bonding pattern of
                  isolated peptide chains{,} the intra-residue interactions of serine and cysteine
                  residues{,} i.e.{,} OH/SH[three dots{,} centered]OC(i) C6 and NH(i)[three dots{,}
                  centered]O/S C5 interactions in Ser/Cys residues{,} are probed by laser
                  spectroscopy of isolated peptides. The strength of these local side chain-main
                  chain interactions{,} elegantly documented from their IR spectral features for
                  well-defined conformations of the main chain{,} demonstrates that a subtle
                  competition exists between the two types of intra-residue bond: the C6 H-bond is
                  the major interaction with Ser{,} in contrast to Cys where C5 interaction takes
                  over. The restricted number of conformers observed in the gas phase experiment
                  with Ser compared to Cys (where both extended and folded forms are observed) also
                  suggests a significant mediation role of these intra-residue interactions on the
                  competition between the several main chain folding patterns.},
}

@InBook{Albert:HRS,
  author       = {Albert, Sieghard and Albert, Karen Keppler and Quack, Martin},
  publisher    = Wiley,
  ISBN         = 9780470749593,
  title        = {High-Resolution {F}ourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy},
  booktitle    = {Handbook of High‐resolution Spectroscopy},
  doi          = {10.1002/9780470749593.hrs042},
  url          = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9780470749593.hrs042},
  year         = 2011,
}

@Article{Albert:PRX10:031050,
  doi          = {10.1103/physrevx.10.031050},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevx.10.031050},
  year         = 2020,
  month        = sep,
  publisher    = {American Physical Society},
  volume       = 10,
  pages        = 031050,
  number       = 3,
  author       = {Victor V. Albert and Jacob P. Covey and John Preskill},
  title        = {Robust Encoding of a Qubit in a Molecule},
  journal      = {Physical Review X},
}

@Book{Alberts:Routledge:2002,
  author       = {Alberts, B. and Johnson, A. and Lewis, J. and Walter, P. and Raff, M. and Roberts,
                  K.},
  title        = {Molecular Biology of the Cell 4th Edition: International Student Edition},
  year         = 2002,
  publisher    = {Routledge},
  ISBN         = 9780815332886,
  url          = {https://books.google.de/books?id=ozigkQEACAAJ}
,
}

@Article{Ali:NIMB149:490,
  author       = {I. Ali and R. Dörner and O. Jagutzki and S. Nüttgens and V. Mergel and L.
                  Spielberger and Kh. Khayyat and T. Vogt and H. Bräuning and K. Ullmann and R.
                  Moshammer and J. Ullrich and S. Hagmann and K.-O. Groeneveld and C.L. Cocke and H.
                  Schmidt-Böcking},
  title        = {Multi-hit detector system for complete momentum balance in spectroscopy in
                  molecular fragmentation processes},
  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials
                  and Atoms},
  volume       = 149,
  number       = 4,
  pages        = {490--500},
  year         = 1999,
  ISSN         = {0168-583X},
  doi          = {10.1016/S0168-583X(98)00916-1},
  url          = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(98)00916-1},
}
\stopbuffer

\setupinteraction[
    state=start,
    color=blue,
    contrastcolor=,
    click=yes,
    style=,
]
\placebookmarks[chapter,section,subsection,subsubsection][chapter,section]
\setupinteractionscreen[option=bookmark]

% enable tracing
\enabletrackers[publications, publications.crossref, publications.details, publications.cite, publications.strings]

\usebtxdataset[testbib.buffer]
\usebtxdefinitions[aps]
\setupbtx[dataset=main]
\definebtxrendering[bibrendering][aps][dataset=main]
\usebtxdefinitions[aps]
\setupbtx[aps][etallimit=30]
\setupbtx[aps:cite:num][separator:2={\btxcomma}]
\setupbtx[default:cite][alternative=authoryear]
\setupbtxrendering[aps][repeat=yes, continue=yes, method=global]

\starttext

\section{Text}
Some person said something \cite[Alberts:Routledge:2002]

\placefigure[here][fig:test]{A figure}{\externalfigure[cornell.jpg][width=5cm]}

A~\cite[Albert:PRX10:031050] lot~\in{Figure}[fig:test]
of~\cite[Alauddin:PCCP17:2169]  random~\cite[AlAmiedy:PL66A:94, Al-Refaie:MNRAS448:1704] 
text \cite[Ali:NIMB149:490] with not sense~\cite[Al-Refaie:MNRAS461:1012].



\section{Bibliography}
\setupinteraction[state=start, color=blue, contrastcolor=black, click=yes]
\placelistofpublications

\section{Publications}
\usebtxdataset[ancient philosophy][testdata.buffer]
\usebtxdefinitions[apa]
\definebtxrendering[ancient philosophy][apa][
  dataset=ancient philosophy,
  specification=apa,
  sorttype=list,
  etallimit=30, % Doesn't work for some reason
]
%\setupbtx[apa][etallimit=30] Doesn't work for some reason

\placebtxrendering[ancient philosophy][method=dataset]

\stoptext





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[NTG-context] Re: setupinteraction contrastcolor broken?

[Bruce Horrocks]

> On 12 Feb 2026, at 15:03, Ben Moon via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
> 
> This works well with context 2023.03.10 12:15, however, in more recent versions 2024.06.21 23:45 and 2026.01.08 23:30, this stopped working and parts of the bibliography are all blue.
> I tried to put together a minimal working example below.
> 
> Any ideas how to fix this?

I don't know how to fix it but I will make a couple of observations that might help track it down.

1) If you change the paper size to A3 then the colour change still happens on page 2. In other words the bug seems to be related to the page throw rather than the actual content.

2) With either A3 or A4, the colour resets at the "O. Abouali and G. Ahmadi" entry which is an @InProceedings rather than an @Article entry.

HTH

—
Bruce Horrocks
Hampshire, UK

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[NTG-context] Re: setupinteraction contrastcolor broken?

[Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context]

On 2/12/26 16:03, Ben Moon via ntg-context wrote:
> Hey,
> I’m trying to put together a document containing citations as well as a
> publication list. I would like to have the text for the citation black
> and the hyperlink in blue.
> [...]
> So for the main text, I do
> \setupinteraction[
>     state=start,
>     color=blue,
>     contrastcolor=,
>     click=yes,
>     style=,
> ]
> 
> And for the bibliography and publications
> 
> \setupinteraction[color=blue, contrastcolor=black]

Hi Ben,

as far as I know, both settings should have the same effect. Although
with `contrastcolor=black` you add black color to text, while with just
`contrastcolor=,` no color is added at all.

I would suggest a single command such as (for now):

  \setupinteraction[
    state=start,
    style=,
    color=blue,
    contrastcolor=,
    %~ click=yes,
    style=,
    focus=standard,
  ]

`focus=standard` helps to understand what’s going on here (and gives
more precise internal links).

> This works well with context 2023.03.10 12:15, however, in more recent
> versions 2024.06.21 23:45 and 2026.01.08 23:30, this stopped working and
> parts of the bibliography are all blue.

Text color is only a mark of having the full bibiliography entry as a
(partially internal back-) link (to body text).

> I tried to put together a minimal working example below.

Well, it was your sample, but not minimal.

> Any ideas how to fix this?

Your sample contains two kinds of links: one internal to the document
and another one for external links (such as to doi.org).

If you replace the initial `\setupinteraction` command above with the
following ones, you will notice the difference:

  \setupinteraction[
    state=start,
    style=,
    color=,
    contrastcolor=,
    click=yes,
    style=,
    focus=standard,
  ]

  \definecolor[internal][.725(green)]
  \definecolor[external][.825(red)]
  \enabledirectives[references.border=inner:internal]
  \enabledirectives[references.border=special
    operation+internal:internal]
  \enabledirectives[references.border=special operation+url:external]

These kinds of link borders won’t be printed by “Acrobat” (and I think
they are way less intrusive [and more elegant, in my opinion]).

If you want to change their colors, you only need to change
`\definecolor[internal]` or `\definecolor[external]`.

With this setting, you see that green link borders (with the
configuration above) are backlinks for references where they have been
mentioned.

So, the problem is not `\setupinteraction` in itself, but how the
bibliographies set their interaction level.

According to
https://www.pragma-pod.com/general/manuals/mkiv-publications.pdf
(`mkiv-publications.pdf` comes with the distribution),
`interaction=number` should be the way to go.

I’m afraid I cannot make it work. I don’t use bibliographies, so others
will know better.

BTW, `\enableregime[utf]` is no longer needed (I think it comes from
MkII and LuaMetaTeX is MkXL).

I hope it helps (and let us know when it doesn’t),

Pablo


PS: are you sure that “Abraham, M. (1909). Zur elektrodynamik bewegter
körper.” shouldn’t read “Abraham, M. (1909). Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter
Körper.”?
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[NTG-context] Re: setupinteraction contrastcolor broken?

[Ben Moon via ntg-context]

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Dear Pablo and Bruce,
Thank you for your responses.
I want every link in the document (e.g. figures, citations, formulas, etc.) in color for easier “reading”. For me, this works witih setupinteraction[contrastcolor=].
I don’t want the text of the citations in the publications and bibliography in color, but only the external links, so it’s easier to get to the publications in the browser. Ideally, the number in the citation is again in color to indicate, here, we get back to the link in the document.
If I reduce the number of citations, the amount of colored entries in the bibliography is also reduced. This internal-, external-link confirms what I would expect to see, but I really cannot make head nor tail from the results. In citation 5 the text is black and in citation 6 the text is blue, and in both cases the internal link indicating box around the text is green.
And Bruce reports, this also changes with page size. This is a very wear bug?

Maybe anyone got more insights?

Cheers,

Ben

P.S. Thanks for mentioning the typo in the citation.

> On Feb 14, 2026, at 08:49, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
> 
> On 2/12/26 16:03, Ben Moon via ntg-context wrote:
>> Hey,
>> I’m trying to put together a document containing citations as well as a
>> publication list. I would like to have the text for the citation black
>> and the hyperlink in blue.
>> [...]
>> So for the main text, I do
>> \setupinteraction[
>>     state=start,
>>     color=blue,
>>     contrastcolor=,
>>     click=yes,
>>     style=,
>> ]
>> 
>> And for the bibliography and publications
>> 
>> \setupinteraction[color=blue, contrastcolor=black]
> 
> Hi Ben,
> 
> as far as I know, both settings should have the same effect. Although
> with `contrastcolor=black` you add black color to text, while with just
> `contrastcolor=,` no color is added at all.
> 
> I would suggest a single command such as (for now):
> 
>  \setupinteraction[
>    state=start,
>    style=,
>    color=blue,
>    contrastcolor=,
>    %~ click=yes,
>    style=,
>    focus=standard,
>  ]
> 
> `focus=standard` helps to understand what’s going on here (and gives
> more precise internal links).
> 
>> This works well with context 2023.03.10 12:15, however, in more recent
>> versions 2024.06.21 23:45 and 2026.01.08 23:30, this stopped working and
>> parts of the bibliography are all blue.
> 
> Text color is only a mark of having the full bibiliography entry as a
> (partially internal back-) link (to body text).
> 
>> I tried to put together a minimal working example below.
> 
> Well, it was your sample, but not minimal.
> 
>> Any ideas how to fix this?
> 
> Your sample contains two kinds of links: one internal to the document
> and another one for external links (such as to doi.org).
> 
> If you replace the initial `\setupinteraction` command above with the
> following ones, you will notice the difference:
> 
>  \setupinteraction[
>    state=start,
>    style=,
>    color=,
>    contrastcolor=,
>    click=yes,
>    style=,
>    focus=standard,
>  ]
> 
>  \definecolor[internal][.725(green)]
>  \definecolor[external][.825(red)]
>  \enabledirectives[references.border=inner:internal]
>  \enabledirectives[references.border=special
>    operation+internal:internal]
>  \enabledirectives[references.border=special operation+url:external]
> 
> These kinds of link borders won’t be printed by “Acrobat” (and I think
> they are way less intrusive [and more elegant, in my opinion]).
> 
> If you want to change their colors, you only need to change
> `\definecolor[internal]` or `\definecolor[external]`.
> 
> With this setting, you see that green link borders (with the
> configuration above) are backlinks for references where they have been
> mentioned.
> 
> So, the problem is not `\setupinteraction` in itself, but how the
> bibliographies set their interaction level.
> 
> According to
> https://www.pragma-pod.com/general/manuals/mkiv-publications.pdf
> (`mkiv-publications.pdf` comes with the distribution),
> `interaction=number` should be the way to go.
> 
> I’m afraid I cannot make it work. I don’t use bibliographies, so others
> will know better.
> 
> BTW, `\enableregime[utf]` is no longer needed (I think it comes from
> MkII and LuaMetaTeX is MkXL).
> 
> I hope it helps (and let us know when it doesn’t),
> 
> Pablo
> 
> 
> PS: are you sure that “Abraham, M. (1909). Zur elektrodynamik bewegter
> körper.” shouldn’t read “Abraham, M. (1909). Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter
> Körper.”?
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[NTG-context] Re: setupinteraction contrastcolor broken?

[Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context]

On 2/19/26 19:41, Ben Moon via ntg-context wrote:
> Dear Pablo and Bruce,
> Thank you for your responses.
> I want every link in the document (e.g. figures, citations, formulas,
> etc.) in color for easier “reading”. For me, this works witih
> setupinteraction[contrastcolor=].
> I don’t want the text of the citations in the publications and
> bibliography in color, but only the external links, so it’s easier to
> get to the publications in the browser. Ideally, the number in the
> citation is again in color to indicate, here, we get back to the link in
> the document.

Hi Ben,

if you don’t want internal links with the bibiliography, search for
`interaction` in `mkiv-publications.pdf`.

From what I found on page 16
(https://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mkiv-publications.pdf#page=17),
only this works:

  \setupbtx[dataset=main, interaction=stop]

This is line 401 from your sample, which previously read:

  \setupbtx[dataset=main]

But this disables also external links. Why does this happen or why don’t
the other options (such as `number`) work? I have no idea.

Maybe Alan or Hans know what is wrong here. I have never used
bibliographies.

> If I reduce the number of citations, the amount of colored entries in
> the bibliography is also reduced. This internal-, external-link confirms
> what I would expect to see, but I really cannot make head nor tail from
> the results. In citation 5 the text is black and in citation 6 the text
> is blue, and in both cases the internal link indicating box around the
> text is green.
> And Bruce reports, this also changes with page size. This is a very wear
> bug?

Again, I haven’t used bibliographies, but your issue dissapears with
`\setuppapersize[A3, landscape]`.

My take on this, because internal links in the bibliography are only
generated when they target another page (I mean, [X] being cited in page
Y, but with reference in page other than Y).

Just in case it helps (if it doesn’t, please follow the conversation),

Pablo
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