Show My Maps
by DragonX1901
With Show My Maps installed, a hovered filled map in an inventory, chest, hopper or creative menu shows its actual picture in a tooltip.
What it does
Vanilla draws a map's picture only while the player holds it, and everywhere else a filled map appears as a blank parchment roll. The mod draws the real image in a tooltip wherever a map can be hovered, so chests, auction interfaces and maps lying on the ground can be checked at a glance. Maps inside a shulker box are included in the box's contents tooltip, replacing the list of item names.
Map pixels live on the server and are only sent to a client that holds the map, so the mod asks the server for them on demand. Owners decide which worlds send previews: every player holds the showmymaps.see permission by default, and a configurable disabled-worlds list turns previews off for named worlds. Either side announces itself when a player joins, so a client can tell whether the server runs the mod.
The mod is client required, while the server is optional. Players install it on the client, and a server without it still works, though its maps then appear blank in tooltips. Show My Maps requires Fabric API, and Mod Menu is optional. Builds exist for Fabric only, across 16 release versions, and the code is released under the MIT License as open source. Snapshot builds are not published.
Key features
Map picture tooltips
A hovered filled map shows its picture in a tooltip, without needing to hold it in hand.
Shulker box contents
Hovering a shulker box lists its contents as a grid of slots, and maps inside are drawn with their pictures.
Automatic compatibility
The mod steps aside when Shulker Box Tooltip is installed, so the two do not overlap.
Auction and shop screens
Map art also renders inside chest and shop interfaces, under the normal item lines.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x5 of 5 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 1
Questions
Does Show My Maps need Fabric API?
Does the server need Show My Maps?
Which game versions does Show My Maps support?
In the catalog
Show My Maps is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
See what a filled map shows without putting it in your hand. Vanilla only draws a map's picture while you hold it. Everywhere else it is a blank roll of parchment: in your inventory, in a chest, in an auction GUI, lying on the ground. This draws the real thing instead.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/show-my-maps
- Owner
- DragonX1901
- Published
- 2026-07-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
