Color Tabs helps you navigate Revit tabs when several projects, families, or views from different documents are open. BIMO adds a small colored stripe to tabs so it is easier to see which tabs belong to the same document.
When To Use It
Use Color Tabs when:
several
.rvtfiles are open at the same time;a project and one or more families are open;
you need to quickly separate tabs from one document from tabs from another;
you want an extra visual check before running a command in the active document.
What It Does
When Color Tabs is enabled, BIMO adds a colored stripe to Revit tabs:
tabs from the same document get the same color;
tabs from different documents get different automatically selected colors;
the tab background is not filled, only the stripe is changed;
colors are assigned automatically, without manual palettes or rules.
Turn It On Or Off
Open Revit.
In the standard BIMO ribbon, find Color Tabs.
Click the toggle button to turn Color Tabs on.
Click it again to turn Color Tabs off and restore the default tab appearance.
BIMO remembers whether the feature is enabled.
How Tabs Look
Project documents get a thin colored stripe at the top.
Family documents get a colored stripe at the top too, but slightly thicker.
The color is used as a document grouping hint. For example, if a floor plan, section, and 3D view are open from the same project, their tabs are marked with the same color.
When Colors Update
Color Tabs updates automatically when you:
open or close documents;
switch the active view;
switch the active document.
If Revit does not refresh the tab UI immediately, switch to another view or document.
Examples
Several Open Projects
If Architecture.rvt and Structure.rvt are open, tabs from Architecture.rvt will have one color, and tabs from Structure.rvt will have another.
Project And Family
If a family is open next to a project, family tabs are marked with a thicker top stripe. This helps you notice that the active tab belongs to a family document, not the project.
Before A Model-Changing Command
Color Tabs does not change the Revit model, but it can help you visually check the active document. Before running a command that can modify the model, also check the active tab name and the intended document.
Important Notes
Color Tabs does not modify the Revit model.
Color Tabs is a visual hint, not a document-selection safety system.
This command has no user settings for colors, palettes, or rules.
Stripe visibility can depend on the Revit version, UI theme, and current UI state.
If You Do Not See Colors
Make sure the Color Tabs toggle is enabled.
Switch to another view or document to refresh the tabs.
If only one document is open, all its tabs will have the same color.
If the Revit UI was in an unstable state, try restarting Revit.