Dear List What I would like to know is, if the graphic with: Teil II is a margin text, or is ths in the body text too? i am not sure. 320 Is the page number. Many thanks Uschi
Dear Wolfgang,
Many thanks for your answer. Should the thumb index be in the body text? Or be a margin text?
Uschi
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Von: Wolfgang Schuster
Dear List
What I would like to know is, if the graphic with: Teil II is a margin text, or is ths in the body text too? i am not sure. 320 Is the page number.
It's a thumb index. Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
Am 24.07.25 um 17:09 schrieb Ursula Hermann:
Many thanks for your answer. Should the thumb index be in the body text? Or be a margin text?
While I don’t really understand your question: – A thumb index usually depends on the part or chapter (here it’s the part, obviously) and stays the same within that section. – Its setup should probably be triggered by \setuphead or maybe \setupheader, but there’s nothing ready-made and there are several approaches possible. – The colored area must “bleed” over the edge of the paper (usually 2–3 mm), i.e. you must use the second parameter of \setuppaper for the sheet size. – It makes sense to use a layer for placement and a \framed for the box, i.e. \setlayerframed. – It makes sense to use the "edge" area for the placement of a thumb index, but if you use a layer, you can also place the box freely on a full-page layer. Hraban
Dear Hraban,
Many thanks for your answer. My problem was, that I was a little bit unsure where in the Page Layout the thumb index should stand! In the Bodytext with Pagenumber and Chaptertext or in a margin Text! But your description makes me sure, where to put the thumb index.
Uschi
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Von: Henning Hraban Ramm
Many thanks for your answer. Should the thumb index be in the body text? Or be a margin text?
While I don’t really understand your question: – A thumb index usually depends on the part or chapter (here it’s the part, obviously) and stays the same within that section. – Its setup should probably be triggered by \setuphead or maybe \setupheader, but there’s nothing ready-made and there are several approaches possible. – The colored area must “bleed” over the edge of the paper (usually 2–3 mm), i.e. you must use the second parameter of \setuppaper for the sheet size. – It makes sense to use a layer for placement and a \framed for the box, i.e. \setlayerframed. – It makes sense to use the "edge" area for the placement of a thumb index, but if you use a layer, you can also place the box freely on a full-page layer. Hraban ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
Am 24.07.2025 um 17:09 schrieb Ursula Hermann:
Dear Wolfgang, Many thanks for your answer. Should the thumb index be in the body text? Or be a margin text?
To have full control over the placement you position the index as page background, the wiki has an example [1] for a thumb index. [1] https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphics_and_media/Boxes_and_stacking_mechani... Wolfgang
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