Books Keep Cursor Pos!
by o7Moon
Books Keep Cursor Pos! is a Fabric client mod that stops the cursor from jumping in the book interface.
What it does
When a player opens a book in the book UI, the mod remembers where the cursor was last placed and returns it there. Without the mod, a click on a vanilla Minecraft book link on a server opens a new book menu, and the cursor is warped to the center of the screen each time. The mod changes only that cursor behavior and fixes nothing else.
Only the client needs the mod, so servers do not have to install it. It requires Fabric API and is released under the MIT License, but it is not open source. Files exist for 1.21 – 1.21.3, with version 0.1 for 1.21.3 as the latest file, published on 2024-11-17.
Key features
Remembered cursor position
The book UI keeps the last cursor position, so reopening a book puts the pointer back where it was.
Fixed book link clicks
Clicking a book link on a vanilla server no longer warps the cursor to the center of the screen.
Single purpose
The mod changes only the cursor position in the book interface and leaves other screens alone.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Cursors is a Fabric client mod for 1.21.1 under the MIT License and is open source, so it can be used in the same way on that version. Cursor Anchor is a Fabric client mod for 1.19.2 – 1.21.5 that is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license. Vanilla Style Cursor is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books Keep Cursor Pos! | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.3 | Client-side only | 2024-11-17 |
| Cursors | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2025-10-22 |
| Cursor Anchor | Fabric | 1.19.2 – 1.21.5 | Client-side only | 2025-05-22 |
| Vanilla Style Cursor | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-16 |
Questions
Does Books Keep Cursor Pos! need Fabric API?
What the author says
when you click a book link in vanilla minecraft, if the server opens a new book menu with the result of that click then your cursor gets warped to the center of the screen in a very annoying way. this mod fixes that and does nothing else!!!!!!!!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/books-keep-cursor-pos
- Owner
- o7Moon
- Published
- 2024-11-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-11-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15