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Text Utilities

Adds buttons to format and color the text in signs, books, and anvils.

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Quick answer

Which Text Utilities release should I use?

Updated 1 year ago
Latest stable file 1.7.2+1.20.1
Game version 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.2
Loader Fabric

Text Utilities 1.7.2+1.20.1 targets 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.2 with Fabric. Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional. All 2 required mods have matching files.

Where it goes

Is Text Utilities required on the client, server, or both?

Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional.

Client Optional
Dedicated server Optional
Loader for this release Fabric
Required install it here Optional supported, not mandatory Not supported do not install here Source doesn’t say do not assume

The source marks this as usable on both the client and server.

What else does Text Utilities 1.7.2+1.20.1 need?

1.7.2+1.20.1. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

All 2 required mods have matching files

Install Fabric API, Cloth Config API first. We found matching files for this game-version and loader setup.

Fabric API Needed by Text Utilities 1.7.2+1.20.1
required
Matching file found Matched file: 0.92.11+1.20.1
Cloth Config API Needed by Text Utilities 1.7.2+1.20.1
required
Matching file found Matched file: 13.0.138+fabric
Mod Menu Optional for Text Utilities 1.7.2+1.20.1
optional
Matching file found Matched file: 9.0.0
Clickthrough 2.0 Needed by Text Utilities 1.7.2+1.20.1
incompatible
Matching file found Matched file: 1.20.1
ClickThrough Needed by Text Utilities 1.7.2+1.20.1
incompatible
Matching file found Matched file: 1.20.2-fabric0.89.1-0.4.1

We only count dependency files that match this setup. A file for another loader does not fill the gap.

Before you install it

Add Text Utilities without breaking your instance.

Built for Text Utilities 1.7.2+1.20.1. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.

  1. 01

    Stick to this file

    Use 1.7.2+1.20.1. It targets 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.2 with Fabric; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.

  2. 02

    Bring the mods it needs

    Install Fabric API, Cloth Config API first. We found matching files for this game-version and loader setup.

  3. 03

    Put it on the correct side

    Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional.

  4. 04

    Pick the file you checked

    Use the “Get this file” button beside 1.7.2+1.20.1. It opens that exact file at the source.

About this project

What does Text Utilities add?

Text Utilities (for Fabric)

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Text Utilities is a free and open-source mod for Minecraft which adds color and formatting
options to signs, books, and anvils.

Features

  • Adds color and formatting buttons to the sign editor screen, anvil screen, and the book edit screen.
  • Adds color and formatting support to fabric server's when installed on a server.
  • Formatting code prefix is configurable to support servers that don't use the default § (for example, Purpur has built in support for &).
  • Adds the ability to click-through signs and item frames when they are attached to containers.
    • Sign click through is prevented when holding a sign, dye, an ink sac, or a glowing ink sac in your main hand.
    • Item Frame click through is prevented while sneaking or if the item frame has no item in it.
    • Supports adding custom blocks/entites to the click-through list
  • Increases max width and height of chat hud so that you can adjust it to your liking.

NOTE: At the moment, you have to press a color before a format button if you want to use both.

Supported Mods

  • Create Mod
    • Adds click-through functionality to create:placard

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Installation


Manual installation

You will need Fabric Loader 0.10.x or newer installed in your game in order to load Text
Utilities. If you haven't installed Fabric mods before, you can find a variety of community
guides for doing so here.

Stable releases

GitHub release

The latest releases of Text Utilities are published to our Modrinth,
CurseForge,
and GitHub release pages. Releases
are considered to be suitable for general use, but they are not guaranteed to be free of bugs
and other issues.

Usually, releases will be made available on GitHub slightly sooner than other locations.

Bleeding-edge builds (unstable)

GitHub build status

If you are a player who is looking to get your hands on the latest bleeding-edge changes for
testing
, consider taking a look at the automated builds produced through our
GitHub Actions workflow.
This workflow automatically runs every time a change is pushed to the repository, and as such,
the builds it produces will generally reflect the latest snapshot of development.

Bleeding edge builds will often include unfinished code that hasn't been extensively tested.
That code may introduce incomplete features, bugs, crashes, and all other kinds of weird issues.
You should not use these bleeding edge builds unless you know what you are doing and are
comfortable with software debugging.

Reporting Issues

You can report bugs and crashes by opening an issue on our issue tracker.
Before opening a new issue, use the search tool to make sure that your issue has not already
been reported and ensure that you have completely filled out the issue template. Issues that are
duplicates or do not contain the necessary information to triage and debug may be closed.

Please note that while the issue tracker is open to feature requests, development is primarily
focused on improving hardware compatibility, performance, and finishing any unimplemented
features necessary for parity with the vanilla renderer.


License

Text Utilities is licensed under GNU LGPLv3, a free and open-source license. For more information,
please see the license file.

Project description from Modrinth.

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