FancyFormatDock
by DebStudios
In the chat screen, FancyFormatDock adds a dock of color and formatting buttons, so players can insert chat formatting codes without memorizing them.
What it does
The dock sits beside the chat input and shows or hides with a single button. Clicking a color button inserts its formatting code at the cursor straight away. The dock covers vanilla formatting codes, EssentialsX formatting, and MiniMessage tags, and a change to the format code set is available in the settings. Each button can be toggled on or off, so a player keeps only the buttons they use.
A gradient tab in the menu opened by the plus button takes two colors, applies them to the message text automatically, and inserts the result. A preset panel holds four custom colors that the player picks once, and a color picker offers the current options. Warnings for text prefixes placed before color prefixes can be enabled or turned off in the config, which is reachable from Mod Menu. The mod is published for Fabric only, across 11 game versions, 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, and it runs on the client alone, so servers need nothing installed.
Key features
Formatting button dock
A dock beside the chat input inserts formatting codes with a click, so no codes need to be typed by hand.
Vanilla, EssentialsX and MiniMessage
The dock supports vanilla codes, EssentialsX formatting and MiniMessage tags within one set of buttons.
Gradient tab
Two selected colors are applied as an automatic gradient to the message, then inserted into the chat box.
Custom preset colors
Four preset colors can be stored in a panel and switched on or off, so frequent colors stay one click away.
Prefix warning
A warning appears when a text prefix such as bold or italic is placed before a color prefix, and it can be toggled off.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
KyuubiSoft Chatpresets is Fabric only, client-side only, and covers 1.21.1 – 1.21.8, under the MIT License, but it is not open source. Beautiful Text is Fabric only, client-side only, open source under the MIT License, and covers 1.17.1 – 26.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FancyFormatDock | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-05-21 |
| KyuubiSoft Chatpresets | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2025-08-14 |
| Beautiful Text | Fabric | 1.17.1 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-15 |
Questions
Does FancyFormatDock need Fabric API?
Which game versions does FancyFormatDock support?
Can the warning about prefix order be turned off?
In the catalog
FancyFormatDock is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
While playing on servers like Modernbeta, I kept running into the same problem, constantly needing to look up chat formatting codes. That frustration sparked the idea for this mod. FancyFormatDock adds a simple dock to your chat screen. Just open chat, click a color button, and the formatting code is instantly…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fancyformatdock
- Owner
- DebStudios
- Published
- 2026-03-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15