# Navigation tab dynamic colour

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/navigation-tab-dynamic-colour/38920>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 22, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/navigation-tab-dynamic-colour/38920 "2020-09-22T08:02:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![tom.wouters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d2c977/32.png) [@tom.wouters](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tom.wouters)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/navigation-tab-dynamic-colour/38920/1 "2020-09-22T08:02:01Z")

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Hello,

I want the navigation tab to blink when an alarm is active on that area.  
Is this possible?

 ![Colours](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/a/fa2c32ca47b88cffde21ab443481b100ef7a98db.png)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/navigation-tab-dynamic-colour/38920/2 "2020-09-22T12:00:02Z")

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This may point you in the right direction.

> [@Animating Tab Strip Navigation Component](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/animating-tab-strip-navigation-component/17352/6):
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> Take a look at this… It is crude, and simple, but maybe it’ll give you an idea of what to do. I am by no means an expert! There should be comments in a text area, and more in the scripting. [NavigationFlash\_2018-03-13\_1405.proj](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/2/20ff9f17b9d91b6a893c3c0567569d385021c287.proj) (24.1 KB)

To be aware, there used to be a memory leak doing this on the tab strip. I believe it's fixed now, but something to watch out for.