VO: Bed Chat Hider

🛌 VO: Bed Chat Hider

“Sleep in peace, gaze at the stars, and let the night drift by without screen clutter.”

The Vanilla Frustration: Whenever you climb into bed in vanilla Minecraft, the game automatically forces open an intrusive, full-width chat input interface. A dark transparent chat overlay, flashing cursor, and sprawling message history immediately obscure your view of the night sky, moon cycles, sunrise transitions, and your cozy bedroom architecture. If you use visual sleep enhancement mods like True Sleep, the entire accelerated cinematic sunrise is hidden behind chat boxes and typing prompts.

Bed Chat Hider solves this frustration with pure minimalist elegance. It seamlessly adds a “Hide Chat” / “Show Chat” toggle button right alongside the vanilla “Leave Bed” button. With a single click, the entire chat box, input prompt, suggestions, and message backlog dissolve away—giving you a clean, unobstructed panoramic view of your world while you rest.

Part of the Vanilla Outsider Collection — mods that refine vanilla mechanics with modern engineering standards.

🎥 Feature Showcase

🎬 Video Showcase: Bed Chat Hider in Action
Click the thumbnail or button below to watch the live demonstration on YouTube

✨ Features

🎞️ Clear World View

Hides the chat input background fill, suggestions, and the chat history log completely when toggled.

With True Sleep Mod (Accelerated Time-Lapse View)

When paired with the True Sleep mod, the sleep vignette is removed, allowing you to watch the sky fly by without UI overlays blocking the view!

• Chat Hidden (True Sleep):

• Chat Shown (True Sleep):

Without True Sleep Mod (Vanilla Dark Sleep Overlay)

Without the True Sleep mod, the vanilla black vignette sleep screen is still present, but the chat overlay is hidden.

• Chat Hidden (Vanilla):

• Chat Shown (Vanilla):

🔘 Dual-Button Bed Interface

Neatly organizes the sleeping HUD with clean, balanced UI geometry:

• Side-by-Side Symmetrical Buttons: The vanilla “Leave Bed” button is neatly resized to 98 pixels wide and positioned side-by-side with the new “Hide Chat” button.
• Intuitive Visual Feedback: Clicking the toggle instantly updates the button label between Hide Chat and Show Chat.
• Vanilla Visual Fidelity: Uses native Minecraft button widgets and text components for 100% theme consistency with vanilla UI and resource packs.

🌌 Complete Chat HUD & Suggestion Culling

Enjoy complete serenity while resting:

• Full Input Removal: Hides the chat input field, background shading, and blinking text cursor.
• Auto-Complete Culling: Suppresses command syntax popups, tab completion boxes, and suggestion tooltips while chat is hidden.
• Message Log Suppression: Temporarily hides past chat messages so they do not obstruct the view of the sky and surroundings.

🛡️ Smart Input Interception & Mouse Guard

Prevents annoying accidental inputs while you enjoy the scenery:

• Keystroke Blocker: Intercepts keyboard typing when chat is hidden so accidental keystrokes don't register into hidden text fields.
• Scroll & Click Protection: Blocks mouse wheel scrolling and mouse clicks across the invisible chat log area.
• Native Escape Handling: Pressing Escape still safely leaves the bed and closes the sleeping screen immediately.

🧠 Session-Persistent State Memory

• In-Memory Preference: Remembers whether you prefer chat hidden or visible across your entire play session.
• Zero Repetition: Toggle it once to hide chat, and every time you sleep for the rest of your session, the chat remains peacefully hidden automatically.

🎬 Perfect Cinematic Synergy with True Sleep

• Built to pair effortlessly with True Sleep (accelerated time-lapse sleep simulation).
• Watch the sun set, constellations rotate across the night sky, and dawn break over the horizon in full panoramic clarity without a single UI element in your way.

🧩 Compatibility & HUD Integration

• 100% Client-Side Only: Runs entirely on your game client. You can join any vanilla server, Realm, or modded multiplayer server without needing the server to have the mod installed.
• Zero Runtime Dependencies: Does not require external configuration libraries—pure, lightweight, and bloat-free.
• ModMenu & Resource Pack Friendly: Fully compatible with custom UI texture packs, GUI overhauls, and ModMenu.

📊 Mechanics & Operational Matrix

🎮 In-Game Controls & Quick Start

1. Right-click any Bed at night or during thunderstorms to sleep.
2. Look at the bottom of the screen:
   [ Leave Bed ]   [ Hide Chat ]
3. Click [ Hide Chat ] -> The chat interface completely disappears!
4. Click [ Show Chat ] -> Restores the chat box instantly if you need to talk to friends.
5. Press [ Escape ] or click [ Leave Bed ] at any time to wake up.

⚙️ Configuration & Settings

💡 Zero Configuration Required: Bed Chat Hider is designed to work perfectly out-of-the-box with zero configuration files needed. Your toggle preference is automatically stored in memory for the duration of your game session.

📖 In-Depth How-To & Gameplay Playbook

1. Sleeping with Bed Chat Hider

When night falls, right-click your bed. Instead of a single wide button and an active chat bar, you will see:

• Left Button: Leave Bed
• Right Button: Hide Chat

2. Toggling Chat Visibility

• Click Hide Chat: The chat box, input line, and previous messages vanish instantly. The right button text switches to Show Chat.
• Click Show Chat: The chat interface is immediately restored, allowing you to type messages or view server alerts.

3. Watching the Night Sky (True Sleep Synergy)

If you have Vanilla Outsider: True Sleep installed, time accelerates smoothly during sleep. With Bed Chat Hider active:

1. Sleep in your bed.
2. Toggle chat to Hide Chat.
3. Watch the moon and stars sweep across the heavens and daylight break over the horizon in full cinematic beauty.

4. Multiplayer Bed Etiquette

When playing on a multiplayer server where you need to coordinate sleep votes:

• Keep chat visible to communicate with other players: “Hey, can everyone sleep?”
• Once everyone is in bed, click Hide Chat to enjoy the night transition.

🧩 Recommended Sister Mods

If you enjoy Bed Chat Hider, these companion mods from the Vanilla Outsider Collection plug in seamlessly:

• 💤 True Sleep: Accelerates world time and ambient nighttime cycles in real time without abrupt skips, providing the ultimate peaceful bedtime view.
• 🧭 Speedometer: Integrates minimal, zero-lag velocity HUD readouts directly into your debug screen and gameplay HUD without clutter.
• 🐕 Better Dogs: Grants canine companions intelligent guard posts, customizable personalities, and faithful protection while you sleep soundly.

Explore the full Vanilla Outsider Collection for more mindful vanilla enhancements.

☕ Support My Work

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📜 Credits & Modpack Permissions

📦 Modpack Permissions & Distribution:
You are fully welcome to include this mod in any modpack on any platform! However, the mod file must be downloaded directly through official distribution channels (CurseForge or Modrinth). Re-uploading, mirroring, or redistributing the original mod JAR to third-party mirror sites, scraper portals, or unauthorized launchers is strictly prohibited.

⚖️ License & Fork Guidelines (No Zero-Change Re-uploads):
This project is open-source under the GNU GPLv3. You are fully encouraged to inspect the code, learn from it, and fork the repository to create genuine modifications, substantial feature expansions, or community ports—provided your project remains open-source under GPLv3 with proper attribution.
However, straight 1:1 re-uploads, clone forks with no meaningful functional changes, or re-publishing identical builds under different project names (e.g. to farm downloads or rewards) are strictly forbidden.

Made with ❤️ for the Minecraft community
Part of the Vanilla Outsider Collection