HUD properties

[Madis0]

It would be nice if we could customize the HUD more, including but not limited to:

• element position
• single icon (e.g. a heart) width/height
• transparency

Inspiration taken from Bedrock Minecraft, which uses a JSON file for similar properties.

[JackDotJS]

Yes PLEASE! I'd love more GUI customization for resource packs.

[sp614x]

What should be configurable and in which GUIs?

[Madis0]

I mainly want to change the location and size of the HUD elements, like health, hunger and XP (separate settings for their alternative variants like horse health and jump).

The goal is to have a customized HUD without having to create and maintain a full mod for it. It could, for many people, replace mods like these:

• https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/rpg-hud
• https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding-java-edition/minecraft-mods/wip-mods/1444314-advancedhud-continuation-0-1-8-less-bugs
• https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/better-horse-hud?gameCategorySlug=mc-mods&projectID=223091
• https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/simple-huds?gameCategorySlug=mc-mods&projectID=269539

Transparency support would be nice too since it doesn't seem to exist in vanilla.

Optionally you could add properties for hotbar and boss bar too, but these are not a priority for me.

[sp614x]

Changing the position/transparency of the the HUD elements should be possible.

[Sphax84]

Being able the following would be a great step forward in the GUI customization:

• Offset (or X/Y position) for titles
• Offset (or X/Y position) for slots (or slots groups)
• Transparency of the background texture (or better, full support of alpha transparency of PNG texture)
• Color of titles and any text element
• Alpha support of text glyphs (currently glyphs are opaque, and have black pixels on borders)

[Madis0]

Color of titles and any text element

Already possible without Optifine, just append a color code at the start of any text element using resource packs.

[JackDotJS]

Doesn't that get overridden by custom names from multiplayer servers and anvils? This should let you set the absolute default color, which would also be great for dark GUIs.

[Sphax84]

Already possible without Optifine, just append a color code at the start of any text element using resource packs.

This is not a valid solution: 1) Would require to edit/alter ALL the language files (and there are a ton, and would prevent language updates after) 2) Would be valid only for vanilla containers, not for containers with customized name

For PureBDcraft, we would love to change most titles in white instead of that grey. On Bedrock, we also changed the Enchanting table title in yellow/golden color to fit with background. ;)

[JackDotJS]

In addition to being able to set the default color of any texts, it would be nice to be able to adjust the text shadows as well. Color and position in particular.

[Madis0]

One important property I seem to have missed in HUD is orientation, with values ltr (left-to-right) and rtl (right-to-left), respectively.

That could be used, for example, for making all bars face the same way like RPGhud or for flipping the whole HUD for better usability in right-to-left countries.