colourscroller
by Anware
colourscroller lets a player scroll the hotbar through colour variants of one item type, so a single slot cycles through wool, concrete, terracotta or glass.
What it does
Players set one hotbar slot to an item and scroll the wheel to step through other items of the same type. The default lists cover coloured blocks such as wool, concrete, terracotta and glass, and a custom list can be added for other groups, including log variants. Only the client needs the mod, so servers can run without it.
The mod is released under the MIT License and is open source, with a source repository, issue tracker and wiki. Files exist for 1.17, 1.17.1 and 1.19.4, and the latest Fabric build is beta-0.2 for 1.17.1, published on the beta channel on 2025-11-29. Fabric is the only loader offered.
The original demo was made with an older build, so features added later are not shown in the author's video. The author credits Sergent Patate for the concept and points to a video demonstration.
Key features
Hotbar scrolling
Scrolling over a slot switches it between the other items of the same type in its list.
Default colour lists
Wool, concrete, terracotta and glass come with built-in lists of their colours.
Custom lists
Players can define their own lists of items, such as log variants, and cycle through them the same way.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Slot Swap is a Fabric mod for 1.19 – 1.20.1, client-side only and open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only. scrollnote is also Fabric, open source under The Unlicense, and published only for 1.19.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| colourscroller | Fabric | 1.17 – 1.19.4 | Client required, server optional | 2025-11-29 |
| Slot Swap | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2023-07-14 |
| scrollnote | Fabric | 1.19.3 | Client-side only | 2023-03-10 |
Questions
Does colourscroller need to be installed on the server?
In the catalog
colourscroller is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 9,374 mods support Minecraft 1.19.4.
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What the author says
This mod allows you to scroll in hotbar for variants of items, so you only need to have one item of each type in your hotbar. You can customize the lists of items, by default there will be lists of coloured blocks (wool, concrete, terracotta, glass), you can add lists like log variants and so on. special thanks to…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/colourscroller
- Owner
- Anware
- Published
- 2025-09-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-11-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15