ShulkerPreview
With ShulkerPreview installed, hovering a Shulker Box in an inventory, hotbar or container shows its full 9×3 contents as a tooltip.
What it does
The preview is drawn in the same 9×3 grid and slot background as the real Shulker Box, so the screen reads as part of vanilla Minecraft. Hovering the item shows the stored stacks with their counts, and the color of the box is kept. The tooltip also works on empty boxes, where the extra grid is skipped and the normal vanilla tooltip appears. Modded Shulker Box blocks that extend the vanilla item are supported.
The rendering is purely client-side and does not touch inventory logic, so it stays compatible with inventory mods such as JEI and invtweaks. Creative, JEI and REI search screens show the preview as well. The mod is published for Forge only, with builds for 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 and 1.0.0 for 1.21.8 as the latest file. Players install it on the client; servers and other players need nothing, and it is not open source, released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Contents on hover
Holding the cursor over a Shulker Box shows what is stored inside, without opening the box.
Vanilla-matching grid
The preview uses the exact 9×3 slot layout, item icons, stack counts and background of the real block.
Works in many screens
The tooltip appears in hotbar, inventory, containers, chest shops and search screens such as JEI and REI.
Empty box fallback
Empty Shulker Boxes show the standard vanilla tooltip, with no empty grid added.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.20.x4 of 4 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Modpacks
Modpack makers can add the tooltip to a pack without server changes, since the mod runs on the client alone.
Storage-heavy play
Players who keep many Shulker Boxes can check contents while building or sorting, without opening each one.
Who it’s for: Players who use Shulker Boxes often and want to read their contents from the inventory. Modpack makers who want a lightweight client addition.
How it compares
Shulker Box Tooltip is open source under the MIT License, covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.16.5 – 26.3, and is client required with the server optional. Tiered Shulkers is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, is Forge-only for 1.18 – 1.19.2, and needs both the client and the server. ShulkerPeek is client-side only under the MIT License, with builds for 1.21.9 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShulkerPreview | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2026-07-20 |
| Shulker Box Tooltip | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Client required, server optional | 2026-09-16 |
| Tiered Shulkers | Forge | 1.18 – 1.19.2 | Client and server | 2022-11-11 |
| ShulkerPeek | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21.9 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-24 |
Questions
Does ShulkerPreview need to be installed on the server?
Does ShulkerPreview work with modded Shulker Boxes?
Which game versions does ShulkerPreview support?
In the catalog
ShulkerPreview is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,886 Storage mods for Forge. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
ShulkerPreview adds a rich tooltip to every Shulker Box (any color) that shows its contents the moment you hover your cursor over it — in your inventory, a chest, a shop display, anywhere. The preview grid uses the exact same 9×3 slot layout and background as the real Shulker Box screen, so it looks and feels like a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/shulkerpreview
- Owner
- NEKOZAME_Garo
- Published
- 2026-07-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15