ChatTabs Reloaded

A modern Minecraft mod that adds tabbed chat organization. Filter messages into separate tabs per server, with per-tab send modifiers, color rules, and drag-and-drop management.

Features

• Chat tabs — messages are filtered into separate tabs based on regex rules
• Per-server profiles — different tab sets for different servers, configured in config/chattabs-profiles.json
• Send modifiers — auto-prepend/suffix when chatting from a specific tab (e.g. ! for global chat)
• Drag & drop — reorder tabs by dragging
• Unread counter — shows number of unread messages per tab
• Fade animation — tabs fade when chat closes
• Right-click context menu — create, edit, delete, reorder tabs
• Tab editor — in-game screen to configure name, filter regex, hex color, send modifier
• Server profile detection — automatically loads and notifies about profile changes
• Config export/import — share your configurations with friends
• In-game commands — /chattabs (alias /ct)
• NeoForge config screen — accessible from Mods menu

Commands

Command	Description	Example
/chattabs help	Show command list	/ct help
/chattabs reload	Reload config from disk	/ct reload
/chattabs save	Save current config	/ct save
/chattabs list	List all tabs	/ct list
/chattabs select <name>	Switch to a tab	/ct select Global
/chattabs tab add <name>	Create a new tab	/ct tab add Private
/chattabs tab remove <name>	Delete a tab	/ct tab remove Private
/chattabs toggle <feature>	Toggle features	/ct toggle unreadcounter
/chattabs filter <tab> <regex>	Set tab filter	/ct filter Private ^\\[PRIVATE\\]
/chattabs profile list	List server profiles	/ct profile list
/chattabs profile current	Show active profile	/ct profile current
/chattabs profile gui	Open profile editor	/ct profile gui
/chattabs export [file]	Export config	/ct export my-config.json
/chattabs import <file>	Import config	/ct import my-config.json

/ct is a shorthand alias for /chattabs.

Examples

Filter by prefix

Tab: Global
Filter: ^\[GLOBAL\]

Matches messages starting with [GLOBAL]

Filter by sender (case-insensitive)

Tab: Friends
Filter: (?i)(alice|bob|charlie).*:

Matches chat from friends (case-insensitive)

Filter private messages

Tab: Private
Filter: ^From .* whispers: 

Matches whisper format from most servers

Complex regex with multiple conditions

Tab: Spam Filter (inverse)
Filter: ^(?!.*\b(spam|ignore|trash)\b).*$

Matches messages that do NOT contain spam keywords

Configuration

config/chattabs.json

Main mod settings: enabled state, tab colors, chat dimensions, animation toggle.

config/chattabs-profiles.json

Per-server tab profiles. Structure:

{
  "profiles": [
    {
      "serverIp": "mc.hypixel.net",
      "name": "Hypixel",
      "tabs": [
        {
          "id": "all",
          "name": "All",
          "visibleByDefault": true,
          "filter": { "regex": ".*", "hexColor": 16777215 },
          "sendModifier": { "prefix": "", "suffix": "" }
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "defaultProfile": {
    "name": "Default",
    "tabs": [ ... ]
  }
}

• profiles[] — list of server-specific tab sets (matched by IP suffix)
• defaultProfile — fallback tabs when no server matches
• Each tab supports: id, name, visibleByDefault, filter (regex + hexColor), sendModifier (prefix + suffix)

Sharing Configurations

1. Use /ct export myconfig.json to save your setup
2. Share the myconfig.json file with others
3. They can import with /ct import myconfig.json

Regex Filter Guide

Basic patterns

• .* — match everything (catch-all)
• ^text — starts with text
• text$ — ends with text
• [abc] — any single character: a, b, or c
• \d+ — one or more digits

Common server filters

Hypixel levels:    ^(\[[\dMVP]+\])?
Minotar names:     ^<\w+>
Generic channels:  ^\[\w+\]
Whispers:          ^(From|To) .*:

Modifiers

• (?i) — case-insensitive mode
• (?-i) — case-sensitive mode
• \b — word boundary
• \s — whitespace
• \S — non-whitespace

Languages

• English (default), Russian, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified)

Building

Requirements: JDK 21, Gradle wrapper

./gradlew :neoforge:build

Output: neoforge/build/libs/