HUDTooltips is a refined, animated HUD panel that displays the full tooltip of your held item directly on screen.

HUDTooltips brings both vanilla and modded tooltips into view without having to open your inventory, whilst maintaining a clean, minimal, and premium aesthetic.

Overview

HUDTooltips adds a bottom-left tooltip panel that shows the complete tooltip of the item you are currently holding and disappears after 1 second (can be changed in config). Works with Texture Packs!

The panel is:

• Smoothly animated
• Category-based (different themes for different item types)
• Fully configurable and customizable
• Lightweight and modpack-friendly

The goal is simple: make tooltips accessible at all times, but in a way that feels native and polished.

Armor default color is Light Blue:

Tools default color is Red:

Blocks default color is Blue:

Enchanted Books default color is Purple:

Items default color is Green:

Potions default color is Magenta:

Food default color is Yellow:

What It Does

When enabled (Default "H" key to enable), HUDTooltips renders a glass-style tooltip panel that includes:

• The item name
• All standard tooltip lines
• Advanced tooltip data (if F3 + H is enabled)
• Modded tooltip lines

The panel automatically adapts its theme based on the item category.

It grows upward from the bottom-left corner and avoids overlapping important UI elements.

Category-Based Theming

HUDTooltips automatically detects item type and adjusts the visual styling accordingly.

Current supported categories:

• Blocks
• Tools and weapons
• Food
• Generic items
• Potions (regular, splash, lingering)
• Enchanted books
• Armor

Each category has:

• A unique accent color
• A custom background gradient
• Subtle glow and highlight effects

All values and colors are configurable in the client config file.

Modded items are supported automatically using vanilla item classes and common tags.

Customization and Perfomance

All settings are available in:

config/hudtooltips-client.toml

List of Configurations available:

The overlay is designed to be fully customizable for modpacks, including layout, scaling, performance behavior, and full color theming.

FAQ

Does this require server installation?
No. It is entirely client-side.

Does this give gameplay advantages?
No. It only displays tooltip information that already exists in vanilla.

Does it work with modded items?
Yes. It uses vanilla detection and common tags, so most modded items are categorized automatically.

Can I change the colors?
Yes. Every category color and gradient is configurable in the client config file.

Will this affect performance?
No measurable impact. Rendering is minimal and event-driven.

Should I share this mod with others?

Of course you should! I might even give you a cookie for it who knows..

Design Philosophy

HUDTooltips is designed to feel like a built-in feature, I built this mod because I honestly grew tired of having to open my inventory every single time I picked up an item to see what it was.

Patreon

Feeling generous? All the work I do is entirely for the community, so as a college student everybody's support would mean the world to me!

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