AE2 Toggleable View Cells

This mod adds a simple Enable / Disable toggle to Applied Energistics 2 View Cells.

Instead of removing a View Cell when you want to temporarily stop filtering, you can disable it and enable it again later. The cell keeps all its settings; it is simply ignored while disabled.

Supported versions:

Minecraft 1.12.2 with AE2 UEL
Minecraft 1.21.1 with NeoForge and AE2 19.x

Why

View Cells are great, but sometimes you only want their filtering sometimes:

You’re searching for a specific item and don’t want to fight your current filters.
You want to compare filtered vs unfiltered results quickly.
You use multiple View Cells and want to temporarily disable one without taking it out.

Normally, this means removing the cell from the slot or constantly swapping cells around. This mod solves that by letting you toggle a cell on/off instantly.

Features

Enable / Disable View Cell filtering
- When Disabled, the View Cell is ignored by AE2 filtering.
- When Enabled, it behaves like a normal View Cell again.
Toggle in hand
- 1.12.2: right-click the View Cell in hand.
- 1.21.1: shift-right-click the View Cell in hand.
Toggle inside terminal View Cell slots
- 1.12.2: right-click the View Cell slot.
- 1.21.1: middle-click the View Cell slot while not in creative mode.
Clear feedback
- Tooltip shows the current state.
- Status message when toggling.
Visual indicator
- Disabled View Cells display a distinct disabled icon/texture.
Compatible behavior
- Works with the standard AE2 View Cell.
- Supports compatible modded View Cells that extend AE2’s View Cell item.

Compatibility

Minecraft 1.12.2

Requires AE2 UEL.
Works in normal terminal View Cell slots, including supported wireless terminals.

Minecraft 1.21.1

Requires NeoForge.
Requires Applied Energistics 2 19.x.
Works with AE2 terminal View Cell slots.
Works with compatible addon View Cells, such as Mod ID View Cells.
Works with wireless/universal terminals from addons that expose proper AE2 View Cell slots, such as AE2 Wireless Terminals / WTLib.