Tail Text Preview
Tail Text Preview is a Fabric client-side mod with a GUI for building formatted Minecraft text and seeing the result before it is used.
What it does
The mod gives players a graphical editor for text with colors, styles and gradients. Typed text is shown live as it will appear in the game, so color codes and formatting do not have to be guessed. The finished result can be copied as formatting code and pasted into commands, signs, books or any other supported text field.
A sidebar manages saved templates. Templates can be placed in folders, folders collapse and expand, and templates sit at the root level when no folder is set. Items can be dragged to reorder them, move them between folders or sort folders. The sidebar width can be changed by dragging its border, and a template name turns orange while it has unsaved changes and green once saved.
For server administrators who write announcements, ranks or command messages, map makers who lay out books, signs and titles, and datapack authors who handle formatted text, Tail Text Preview has practical use. Fabric API is required.
Key features
Live preview
The editor shows formatted text in real time as it is typed, including colors, styles and gradients.
Quick formatting styles
Preset styles can be applied to text in the editor without typing color codes by hand.
Template folders
Saved templates can be grouped in expandable and collapsible folders in the sidebar.
Drag and drop sorting
Templates and folders can be reordered, moved between folders or sorted by dragging them in the sidebar.
Marquee for long names
Folder names that are too long for the sidebar scroll automatically so they stay readable.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Beautiful Text is client-side and open source under the MIT License, with builds for 1.17.1 – 26.2. formatify is also client-side and open source under the MIT License, but targets 1.21.4 – 1.21.11. Tail Text Preview is client-side only and released as All rights reserved, so its source code is not open to the public.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tail Text Preview | Fabric | 1.20.4 – 1.20.6 | Client-side only | 2026-06-05 |
| Beautiful Text | Fabric | 1.17.1 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-15 |
| formatify | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-04-29 |
Questions
Does Tail Text Preview need Fabric API?
Does the server need Tail Text Preview?
Will formatted text work in every place?
In the catalog
Tail Text Preview is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
Tail Text Preview is a client-side Minecraft mod that provides a convenient GUI for creating and previewing formatted text in real time. Instead of manually guessing color codes and formatting styles, you can type your text, apply colors or styles, preview the result, and copy the generated formatting code for use in…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/tail-text-preview
- Owner
- KitsuByte Software
- Published
- 2026-05-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15