Click Close! ❌
by Camawama
Click Close! stops a stray click on the background from shutting an open container, so the held item stays in hand and the window stays put.
What it does
Clicking outside a container window normally closes it and can drop a held item. Click Close! blocks that background click for the main container windows, including chests, menus, the crafting table and the recipe book, so a player only leaves with the Esc or E key. The mod also covers the recipe book tabs and the creative inventory tabs, plus other buttons and widgets that other mods add to those screens.
The mod is a client-side only Forge mod for 1.20.1, so only the player's game needs it and a server runs without it. The code is open source under the MIT License and the author's source code and issue tracker are public. It is a single small mod with no other dependencies, and its latest Forge file, 1.0.1, was published on 2026-01-04, the same day as the first release.
Key features
Background click guard
Clicks on the empty area around a container window are ignored, so the window does not close by accident.
Held item protection
Because the window stays open, an item on the cursor is not dropped when the player misclicks outside the inventory.
Custom red X cursor
A red X cursor icon marks the cursor position while a screen is open, showing where clicks register.
Configurable behavior
The clickclose-client.toml file in the config folder holds options to adjust how the guard behaves for a playstyle.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Keeping the cursor item
A player carrying an item between chests can misclick the background without losing the stack to the ground.
Closing with the keyboard
Players who prefer to leave menus with Esc or E can keep their windows open against stray clicks.
Who it’s for: Players on Forge 1.20.1 who often misclick while moving items in chests, crafting tables and menus. It only changes the client, so it can be added to any Forge 1.20.1 install without a server update.
Questions
Does Click Close! need to be installed on the server?
Which versions does Click Close! support?
Can the background click behavior be changed?
More from Camawama
What the author says
Click Close! is a simple but powerful mod for Minecraft Forge 1.20.1. No more reaching for the Esc or E key every time you want to close a chest or crafting table!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/click-close
- Owner
- Camawama
- Published
- 2026-01-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15