Tab
Open BimSpeed.GEN → Tab → Tab Manager to show or hide ribbon tabs. The command lists the current Revit tabs, including tabs outside BIMSpeed.
The Tab Manager dialog was observed in Revit 2024 on 24 October 2026. It still uses Vietnamese labels when English is requested, so it is not presented as an English-interface screenshot here. Applying/restoring ribbon visibility is a separate check from observing the window.
Open and choose tabs
- Open BimSpeed.GEN → Tab → Tab Manager.
- Find the tab in Tên Tab (tab name). Use Id to distinguish duplicate names.
- Set its checkbox in Hiển thị (visible). This edits the dialog's pending selection.
- Click Áp dụng (Apply) to change the ribbon while keeping the dialog open, or Lưu & Đóng (Save & Close) to save, apply and close.
Every control
| Control | Effect | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Hiển thị | Pending visibility checkbox for each tab | Choose individual tabs |
| Tên Tab | Read-only current ribbon title | Identify the tab |
| Id | Read-only identifier used in saved settings | Distinguish duplicate titles |
| Chọn tất cả | Checks every row | Prepare to restore tabs; then Apply |
| Bỏ chọn tất cả | Unchecks every row | Prepare a minimal ribbon, then recheck the tabs you need |
| Áp dụng | Updates the ribbon without writing settings to disk | Try a layout |
| Lưu & Đóng | Writes settings, applies visibility and closes | Save the chosen layout |
| Đóng / Esc | Closes without applying pending edits or saving | Discard checkbox edits made since the last Apply |
Add-Ins remains visible when visibility is applied, even if its row is unchecked.
Practice and restore
Uncheck one infrequently used tab and click Áp dụng. Check that its title disappears from the ribbon while its row remains in the dialog. Recheck it and Apply to restore it. This is a source-derived exercise, not a run completed in this session.
Closing the dialog does not undo visibility already applied. To restore a previous layout, set its checkboxes again and Apply. Use Lưu & Đóng to save the final selection.
Settings and reopening
Settings are stored for the current Windows user at %APPDATA%\HTStructural\tab-visibility.json. Saving the RVT does not save the Tab Manager configuration. The command changes ribbon visibility and creates no model elements.
The dialog reads the list of tabs when it opens. Reopen it if an add-in creates another tab. Restoration after restarting Revit also depends on the installed add-in startup path; verify it after restarting.
Troubleshooting
- Unchecked tab still visible: click Apply; Add-Ins is deliberately kept visible.
- Pending selection lost after closing: reopen and use Save & Close after choosing tabs.
- Layout not restored next session: check settings-folder write access and the installed add-in version. A closed dialog alone does not prove that settings were written successfully.
- BimSpeed.GEN missing: check add-in loading and whether an earlier configuration hid its tabs.