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Advanced Creative Tab

by ate48

Advanced Creative Tab is a Forge library that adds creative-mode tools for inspecting, editing and giving items, and a creative tab for items that cannot be obtained in survival.

ForgeClient-side onlyGNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 onlyOpen source1.8.8 – 1.19.3

What it does

Holding Shift over an item shows extra information such as durability, the number of times a tool or armor piece has been used, how much repair cost an anvil will charge, and the count of its tags. Durability can be displayed with colors. Pressing Ctrl and Shift together reveals the contents of a container item such as a shulker box, without opening it.

An item editor lets a player in creative mode change modifiers, repair cost and durability, and view the NBT tag of an item as a list. A giver menu, opened with a key, gives items through a clickable interface instead of the give command. The mod menu lists installed mods and has a config button, and a save menu stores the settings. The mod runs on the client only, so players can use it without the server needing it, and it is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, so the source is open.

Key features

  1. Item information on Shift

    Holding Shift over an item shows durability, usage count, repair cost and tag count.

  2. Container preview

    Ctrl and Shift together show the contents of a container item such as a shulker box.

  3. Item editor

    Creative players can change modifiers, repair cost and durability, and inspect the NBT tag as a list.

  4. Giver menu

    A clickable menu gives items to the player, and copies give information to the clipboard.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.19.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.19.32.7.1-1.19.3-20230101
1.19.22.7.0-1.19.2-20221231
1.19.12.7.0-1.19.2-20221231
1.192.7.0-1.19.2-20221231
1.18.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.18.12.6.2-1.18-20220119
1.182.6.2-1.18-20220119
1.17.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.17.1Forge-2.6.0-1.17.1-20210822
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.5Forge-2.3.1-1.16.5-20210529
1.15.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.15.2Forge-2.3-1.15.2-20200205
1.14.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.14.4Forge-2.3-1.14.4-20200124
1.13.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.13.2Forge-2.3-1.13.2-20200124
1.12.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.12.2Forge-2.1-1.12.2
1.11.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.10.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.9.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.8.x2 of 2 versions with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Testing items in creative

Creative players who build packs or test items can give themselves items and adjust their properties without typing commands.

Checking tool wear

Players who want to see how much a tool or piece of armor has been used can read the figure from the item tooltip.

Who it’s for: Players and modpack builders who work in creative mode and need to inspect or edit items. The mod is not needed to play survival.

Questions

Does Advanced Creative Tab need to be installed on the server?

No. Only the player's game needs it, and servers run without it.

Which Minecraft versions have files?

Forge files exist for 1.8.8 – 1.19.3 across 17 release versions. The latest Forge file is 2.1.1-1.8.8-20230119 for 1.8.9, published on 2023-01-19 on the beta channel.

Does the mod change what items do in survival?

The tools are described for creative use. Requirements note that the item editor and give features are only needed in creative mode.

In the catalog

Advanced Creative Tab is one of 3,514 Library mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,576 Library mods for Forge. 7,205 mods support Minecraft 1.19.3.

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What the author says

This mod is fully client side! You only need to be in creative to use the give/modifier action, some features/fixes can be missing if you're not using the latest version of the mod for the latest Minecraft version. View inside a container using the CTRL + SHIFT command.
ate48, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
ate48
Published
2021-11-17
Updated on Modrinth
2023-01-19
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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