Book and Quick Save
by boyonk
With Book and Quick Save installed, a player who edits a book or sign text is asked to confirm before any unsaved writing is discarded.
What it does
The mod adds a confirmation prompt to book and quill screens. When a player has made changes and then leaves the screen with Escape or E, a dialog asks whether the changes should be discarded, so unsaved writing is not lost by accident. The mod can also save the writing automatically as the player edits, so that a closed screen or a timed-out session does not erase work in progress.
The mod is a Fabric mod for the 1.20.4 – 26.1.2 range and is published for 16 release versions, the latest being 1.2+26.1.2 for 26.1.2. It is client-side only, so only the player's client needs it and servers run without it. The code is not open source; the author holds all rights under All rights reserved, and the mod requires no dependencies beyond Fabric itself.
Key features
Discard confirmation
Leaving a book screen with changes made prompts a dialog before the text is discarded.
Automatic saving
Writing progress is saved while the player edits, so a closed screen does not remove it.
Book and quill coverage
The confirmation and saving apply to the book and quill screen used to write in books.
Escape and E shortcuts
Both the Escape and E keys trigger the same confirmation dialog when changes are pending.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Long writing sessions
A player writing a long book can return to the text after a session ends without starting over.
Who it’s for: Players who write in books often, and anyone who has lost a page of text after closing a book screen by mistake.
How it compares
QDropConfirm is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 26.2 that is open source under the MIT License, and it guards item dropping rather than book text. Book Save Confirmation is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only, runs on Fabric and NeoForge, and targets 26.1 – 26.1.1, which is a narrower version range than this mod's. Bookfiller is a Fabric mod for 1.21.8 that is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is client-side only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book and Quick Save | Fabric | 1.20.4 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-04-14 |
| QDropConfirm | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.2 | Not published | 2026-08-23 |
| Book Save Confirmation | Fabric and NeoForge | 26.1 – 26.1.1 | Client-side only | 2026-04-07 |
| Bookfiller | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2026-03-02 |
Questions
Does Book and Quick Save need Fabric API?
Does the mod have to be installed on the server?
Which versions does Book and Quick Save cover?
Can the automatic saving be turned off?
In the catalog
Book and Quick Save is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/book-and-quick-save
- Owner
- boyonk
- Published
- 2024-02-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15