Hi, > \onslide*{1}{% > one > } > > \onslide{2}{% > \begin{itemize}[type=0] > \item test1 > \end{itemize} > } itemize doesn't look at what kind of \onslide it is in. It has to deal with plenty of other things already (such as integration and cooperation with \pause) and extending the program to understand all this will take some time, which I currently don't have. Besides, \onslide also needs to do plenty of checks (eg for nested \onslide's). However, the case above is easily solved by putting a \pause before \onslide{2}. So something like below works properly. Cheers, -Hendri. \documentclass{powerdot} \begin{document} \begin{slide}{test} \onslide*{1}{one} \pause \onslide{2}{% \begin{itemize} \item test1\pause \item test2 \end{itemize} } \end{slide} \end{document}