Bedrock Inventory Animations
by 1xayd1
Bedrock Inventory Animations smooths out item movement inside inventory screens, in the way the Bedrock edition of the game does.
What it does
Items that move between slots in an inventory slide across the screen instead of jumping. The motion is driven by a curve that the player edits in the settings menu, so the timing can be tuned from quick to slow.
The mod is a client-side only decoration mod. Only the client needs it, and servers run without it. Builds cover 1.21 and 1.21.1, published for Fabric and NeoForge, and the code is under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, so the project is not open source. Fabric installs require Fabric API, and a mod menu is needed to reach the settings screen. The current files track 1.21 and 1.21.1, with 1.0.1 dated 2024-10-15 as the latest file for both loaders.
Key features
Animated item movement
Items sliding between inventory slots replace the instant jump of vanilla inventory screens.
Enable toggle
A toggle button in the settings turns the animation on or off without removing the mod.
Speed slider
A slider sets how long each item movement takes, from short to long durations.
Editable animation curve
A graph shows the easing curve. A right click on empty space adds a point, and a left click and drag moves it.
Fixed endpoints
The first and last points of the curve cannot be moved, which keeps the start and finish of each movement fixed.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Smooth Swapping is another client-side animation option for inventories, licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and open source. It is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.17.1 – 26.3. Smooth UI is also client-side only and open source, under the MIT License, but covers only Fabric for 1.21 – 1.21.8, so it targets a different set of interface elements.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedrock Inventory Animations | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2024-10-15 |
| Smooth Swapping | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.17.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-16 |
| Smooth UI | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2025-08-03 |
Questions
Does Bedrock Inventory Animations need Fabric API?
Which Minecraft versions does the mod support?
Does the server need the mod installed?
In the catalog
Bedrock Inventory Animations is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Bedrock Inventory Animations is a client side mod that animates item movement inside of inventories.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/bia
- Owner
- 1xayd1
- Published
- 2024-10-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-10-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15