A library that adds the ability to use a MarkDown inspired markup to write Minecraft chat components!
It provides a custom mark up syntax which is loosely based on MarkDown that adds the ability to use the full power of component messages with the same simplicity as legacy formatting codes. (Which it can still support!) It also includes a way to directly replace placeholders in the messages, both string based and component based ones!
This requires the kyori-adventure chat API so you need to provide one of the platform libraries in your project in order to use these messages! See this plugin for a simple implementation.
| Description | Syntax | More Info | Preview |
|---|---|---|---|
| Color legacy | &6Text |
Formatting codes |  |
| Color | &gold&Text |
Color names |  |
| RGB Hex Color | &#ff00ff&Text |
Full hexadecimal format |  |
| RGB Hex Color | &#f0f&Text |
Short format (equivalent to long one) |  |
| Gradient | &#f0f-#fff&Text |
Inline gradients |  |
| Rainbow | &rainbow&Text |
Inline Rainbow |  |
| Rainbow Phase | &rainbow:20&Text |
Inline Rainbow with a phase |  |
| Bold | **Text** |
 |
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| Italic | ##Text## |
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| Underlined | __Text__ |
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| Strikethrough | ~~Text~~ |
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| Obfuscated | ??Text?? |
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You can define click and hover events with the commonly used MarkDown link syntax as well as specify formatting, font and colors that way.
| Description | Syntax |
|---|---|
| General syntax | [Text](text-color text-formatting... link hover text) |
| Simple Link | [Text](https://example.com) |
| Simple Command | [Text](/command to run) |
| Link + Hover | [Text](https://example.com Hover Text) |
| Text formatting | [Text](blue underline !bold) |
| Gradient | [Text](#fff-#000) |
| Rainbow | [Text](rainbow) |
| Phased Rainbow | [Text](rainbow:20) |
| Text formatting + Link + Hover | [Text](#0000ff underline https://example.com Hover Text) |
| Description | Syntax | More Info |
|---|---|---|
| General syntax | [Text](action=value) |
ClickEvent.Action, HoverEvent.Action |
| Link | [Text](open_url=https://example.com) |
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| Color | [Text](color=red) |
Color names |
| RGB Hex Color | [Text](color=#ff00ff) |
Full hexadecimal format |
| RGB Hex Color | [Text](color=#f0f) |
Short format (equivalent to long one) |
| RGB Color Gradient | [Text](color=#fff-#000) |
Gradient of two colors. (Supports all color forms) |
| RGB Color Gradient | [Text](color=#fff-#333-#222) |
Gradient of three colors. |
| RGB Rainbow | [Text](color=rainbow) |
An RGB rainbow. |
| Phased RGB Rainbow | [Text](color=rainbow:50) |
An RGB rainbow with a specific phase. |
| Formatting | [Text](format=underline,bold) |
Specify formatting |
| Disable Formatting | [Text](format=!underline) |
Disable the specific formatting with a ! prefix |
| Font | [Text](font=custom_font) |
Set a custom font from a resource pack |
| Run Command | [Text](run_command=/command string) |
Run command on click |
| Suggest Command | [Text](suggest_command=/command) |
Suggest a command on click |
| Simple Hover | [Text](hover=Hover Text) |
Show hover text |
| Hover Text | [Text](show_text=Hover Text) |
Show hover text |
| Hover Entity Info | [Text](show_entity=uuid:pig Name) |
Show entity information. |
| Hover Item Info | [Text](show_item=stone*2 nbt...) |
Show item information, additional information needs to be provided as a string of the nbt in json |
| Insertion | [Text](insert=insert into input) |
Insert into input on shift click, can be combined with other events |
All advanced settings can be chained/included in a event definition. You can't however add multiple different colors or click and hover actions!
The library's main API access is through the MineDown.class and its parse methods.
E.g. you can use it like this in your Bukkit plugin:
BukkitAudiences.create(plugin).player(player).sendMessage(new MineDown(rawMessage).replace(replacements).toComponent());or with a static approach:
BukkitAudiences.create(plugin).player(player).sendMessage(MineDown.parse(rawMessage, replacements));Take a look at the MineDown JavaDocs for more detailed info on the library and the included classes.
You can easily include this library into your plugin by using maven. Make sure to relocate it into your plugin's package!
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>minebench-repo</id>
<url>https://repo.minebench.de/</url>
</repository>
</repositories><dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>de.themoep</groupId>
<artifactId>minedown-adventure</artifactId>
<version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>The original BungeeCord-chat library is no longer maintained and has been replaced by this adventure implementation. If you need to still use the legacy version (found on the legacy branch), you can include it like this:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>de.themoep</groupId>
<artifactId>minedown</artifactId>
<version>1.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies><build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<configuration>
<relocations>
<relocation>
<pattern>de.themoep.minedown</pattern>
<shadedPattern>your.package.path.libraries.minedown</shadedPattern>
</relocation>
</relocations>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>Alternatively you can also directly depend on my MineDownPlugin instead of shading in this library! MineDownPlugin includes a non-relocated version of this library.
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