CurseForge · Minecraft mod
Creative Tab Layouts
A lightweight API for creating page-based Creative Tabs with sections, headers, banner pages, and animated visuals.
Quick answer
Which Creative Tab Layouts release should I use?
Creative Tab Layouts Tab_Layouts-1.2.1 targets 1.21.1 with NeoForge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.
Where it goes
Is Creative Tab Layouts required on the client, server, or both?
The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
The source does not explicitly classify this release as client-only or server-only.
What else does Creative Tab Layouts Tab_Layouts-1.2.1 need?
Tab_Layouts-1.2.1. Change the file and its required mods may change too.
This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
This file does not list any required or optional mods.
Before you install it
Add Creative Tab Layouts without breaking your instance.
Built for Creative Tab Layouts Tab_Layouts-1.2.1. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.
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Stick to this file
Use Tab_Layouts-1.2.1. It targets 1.21.1 with NeoForge; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs
This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
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Put it on the correct side
The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
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Pick the file you checked
Use the “Get this file” button beside Tab_Layouts-1.2.1. It opens that exact file at the source.
About this project
What does Creative Tab Layouts add?
[EN] Description in English first
[ES] Descripción en español más abajo
Creative Tab Layouts
Creative Tab Layouts, or CTL, is a Minecraft modding utility for organizing creative mode tabs through structured and extensible layouts.
CTL does not replace Minecraft's creative tab registration system. The original tabs continue to exist. Instead, CTL controls how items are displayed inside selected tabs by rebuilding their visible content with pages, subtabs, sections, headers, banners, addon pages, and fallback pages.
It is designed for mod developers, addon developers, and modpack authors who need cleaner creative inventory organization, especially when large amounts of content are placed inside the same tab.
Features
- Page-based creative tab organization
- Subtab navigation with a scrollable side panel
- Collapsible item sections
- Visual headers for sections
- Visual banners for overview pages
- JSON-driven visuals
- Optional sprite animations
- Addon pages and sections for compatibility integrations
- Fallback pages for items added by external mods
- Priority-based ordering
- Public API for mods and addons
- Resolved layout snapshots for external integrations
- Reusable CTL headers and banners in external interfaces
- Datagen support for CTL visuals
- Built-in vanilla tab layouts
- In-game configuration screen
- Developer visual debug tools in development environments
For players and modpacks
Creative Tab Layouts can be installed as a dependency when required by another mod or modpack.
When its built-in vanilla layouts are enabled, CTL can also reorganize selected vanilla creative tabs into cleaner pages, subtabs, and sections.
Available behavior can be adjusted through the in-game configuration screen, including built-in vanilla layouts, subtabs, fallback pages, and other client-side presentation options.
For developers
Developers can use CTL to create structured layouts for creative tabs, register pages and subtabs, define sections, contribute content to existing layouts, create JSON-driven visuals, and generate visual configuration files through datagen.
CTL also provides a public integration API for querying resolved layouts and reusing its headers and banners in external interfaces without depending on internal implementation details.
Extended documentation, API references, and examples are available in the project repository.
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Creative Tab Layouts
Creative Tab Layouts, o CTL, es un mod/utilidad para Minecraft que permite organizar las pestañas del inventario creativo mediante layouts estructurados y extensibles.
CTL no reemplaza el sistema de registro de creative tabs de Minecraft. Las pestañas originales siguen existiendo. En su lugar, CTL controla cómo se muestran los items dentro de pestañas seleccionadas, reconstruyendo su contenido visible mediante páginas, subtabs, secciones, headers, banners, addon pages y fallback pages.
Está pensado para desarrolladores de mods, desarrolladores de addons y autores de modpacks que necesitan una organización más clara del inventario creativo, especialmente cuando una gran cantidad de contenido termina dentro de una misma pestaña.
Características
- Organización de creative tabs por páginas
- Navegación mediante subtabs con panel lateral desplazable
- Secciones de items colapsables
- Headers visuales para secciones
- Banners visuales para overview pages
- Visuales definidos mediante JSON
- Soporte opcional para animaciones por sprites
- Addon pages y addon sections para integraciones de compatibilidad
- Fallback pages para items añadidos por mods externos
- Ordenamiento por prioridad
- API pública para mods y addons
- Snapshots de layouts resueltos para integraciones externas
- Reutilización de headers y banners de CTL en interfaces externas
- Soporte de datagen para visuales de CTL
- Layouts vanilla integrados
- Pantalla de configuración dentro del juego
- Herramientas de debug visual en entornos de desarrollo
Para jugadores y modpacks
Creative Tab Layouts puede instalarse como dependencia cuando otro mod o modpack lo requiera.
Cuando sus layouts vanilla integrados están activados, CTL también puede reorganizar pestañas vanilla seleccionadas mediante páginas, subtabs y secciones más claras.
El comportamiento disponible puede ajustarse desde la pantalla de configuración dentro del juego, incluyendo los layouts vanilla integrados, las subtabs, las fallback pages y otras opciones visuales del cliente.
Para desarrolladores
Los desarrolladores pueden usar CTL para crear layouts estructurados para creative tabs, registrar páginas y subtabs, definir secciones, contribuir contenido a layouts existentes, crear visuales definidos mediante JSON y generar archivos de configuración visual mediante datagen.
CTL también proporciona una API pública de integración para consultar layouts resueltos y reutilizar sus headers y banners en interfaces externas sin depender de detalles internos de implementación.
La documentación extendida, la referencia de la API y los ejemplos están disponibles en el repositorio del proyecto.
Enlaces
Project description from CurseForge.
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Creative Tab Layouts by Minecraft version and loader
Choose the version and loader you play, then open the matching release.
Check the dependencies, then try the file in a copied instance before changing a world you care about.
Recent files
Creative Tab Layouts versions and loaders
Tab_Layouts-1.2.1
tab_layouts-1.2.1.jar
29 Jul 2026
Tab_Layouts-1.2.0
tab_layouts-1.2.0.jar
29 Jul 2026
Tab_Layouts-1.1.0
tab_layouts-1.1.0.jar
18 Jul 2026
Tab_Layouts-1.0.0
tab_layouts-1.0.0.jar
3 Jul 2026
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