Hi,
I find that for some time (but maybe the problem comes from me !), the
placement of a figure at the bottom of the page causes a page break when it
seems to me that there is enough space, which poses some problems in the
pagination of my documents.
Thanks.
Fabrice

\useMPlibrary[dum]
\definelayout
   [1]
   [topspace=10mm,
    header=15mm,
headerdistance=10mm,
    height=middle,
    width=middle,
    location=middle]

\setuplayout
  [topspace=10mm,
    header=0pt,
headerdistance=0pt,
    height=middle,
    width=middle,
    location=middle]

\definefloat
    [recipe]
    [figure]

 \setupfloat
     [recipe]
     [default={right,none}]

 \showframe
\starttext
\dorecurse{11}{\input ward}
\placerecipe{}{\externalfigure[dum]}
\stoptext