Command/setlayer

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Last modified: 2025-01-05

Summary

The command \setlayer fills layers

Settings

\setlayer[...][...][...=...,...]{...}
[...] name
[...] left right even odd
...=...,... inherits from \setuplayer
{...} content

Description

Puts content in layers

Examples

Example 1

  • \setuppapersize[A8,landscape] \showframe
    
    \definelayer[mwe][repeat=yes, preset=lefttop, hoffset=.125in, voffset=.125in]
    
    \setupbackgrounds[page][background=mwe]
    
    \setlayer[mwe]   {Top-left text}
    
    \starttext
    Normal text goes here.
    \stoptext
    

Notes

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