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Tab colours for Files

  • July 15, 2025
  • 2 replies
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guna_desk

Please consider adding the ability to assign custom tab colors to individual files or projects. This small visual aid would make it significantly easier to distinguish between open tabs at a glance, especially when juggling multiple design files simultaneously.

This feature would offer several key benefits. It would improve workflow organization by allowing users to visually group and separate project files. Navigating between files would become faster and more intuitive, reducing the mental load when switching contexts. Additionally, color coded tabs would help minimize the risk of accidentally editing the wrong file, a common issue when working across multiple projects. Overall, it would enhance focus and efficiency, especially for users who regularly multitask within Figma.

Color coded tabs are a familiar and effective UI pattern in many tools, and I believe this addition would be a valuable quality-of-life improvement for many users.

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Spacevoid
  • New Member
  • November 14, 2025

It would be a real efficiency booster.

When juggling multiple projects where quick turnaround is critical, color-coded tabs make it dramatically easier to navigate. In my workflow, I often have 20+ tabs open at any given time, including pinned ones. Some require review, others need design updates or comment resolutions — and distinguishing them visually at a glance would save time and reduce context-switching fatigue.

Color-coded tabs would help me easily prioritize, organize, and move faster across multi-file workstreams. 


guna_desk
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  • New Participant
  • November 14, 2025

Exactly ​@Spacevoid When working across multiple projects, switching becomes difficult, and the file names get truncated. Introducing distinct colors will make the tabs much easier to identify.