Krdytkyu

I'm trying to put draw lines around the footer area and put some text at the center bottom of the area. I've been trying variations of the below for a while now:

showframe



defineframed[FooterSection]

    [

        width=makeupwidth,

        height=broad,

        location=bottom,

        frame=on,

        rulethickness=3pt

    ]



setupfootertexts[FooterSection{Some text}]



starttext

    Hello.

stoptext

This gives me the following:

I haven't found some combination of height and location or other parameters I've discovered to give me the desired effect. As it is, the box is too short, but the text is in the right place. How do I extend the height so it goes to the top of the footer area?

Use the full footer, but re-align the content.

showframe



defineframed[FooterSection]

    [width=max,

     height=max,

     location=bottom,

     align={low,middle},

     frame=on,

     rulethickness=3pt]



setupfootertexts[FooterSection{Some text}]



starttext

    Hello.

stoptext

Just enable the frame around the footer using setupbackgrounds. This does not require to specify the alignment manually, doesn't screw with the existing baseline, and does not require you to wrap the footer content into a macro.

setupbackgrounds

  [footer]

  [text]

  [frame=on]



setupfootertexts[Some text]



starttext



Hello World!



stoptext

You can use the max value for the width and height keys to use the available space for the frame. Another setting you have to do is to disable the strut for the footer setup, otherwise the frame won’t fill the complete vertical area of the footer.

showframe



startsetups [footer]

  startframed [width=max,height=max,align={middle,low},rulethickness=3pt]

    Some text

  stopframed

stopsetups



setupfooter [strut=no]



setupfootertexts[texsetup{footer}]



starttext

Hello.

stoptext