Built-in Mod/Feature to move chat to top left.

[violet sigil]

I know that the game gets basic physical controller support on this app, would be nice if there was a way to have chat either permanently at the top left or move up for a keyboard so you can see what you're typing as you do. Would be great for server admins wanting to do work on the go.

[supple field]

sadly we cant modify the code of minecraft, only the launcher

[shy basalt]

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[violet sigil]

well it was worth a try lol, Don't know how you guys did the native controller input without mods so I was kind of hoping something else could be done for the chat but oh well

if only somebody else had made a mod for it (there's a single one that could do it but that hasn't been supported since 1.20.4 and on top of that I can't get it to launch on here with it either so maybe somebody else will be nice enough to make one in the future lol

(or maybe this is my wake up call to learn Java to make a simple mod lol)

[outer ingot]

overlayed a fake cursor and binded controller to keyboard inputs

[violet sigil]

ahhhh, fair enough then

[outer ingot]

fyi android also supports the mods

[violet sigil]

I know, currently working on building my own hyper-specific fabric mod lol

(going to link to this project as well in the description if I actually do accomplish it, considering I've made it just for use with this specific launcher and all though I'll make sure it's obvious I have nothing to do with the launcher project itself lol)

[outer ingot]

if you need launcher hooks, a pr would be accepted

that's what we did for touchcontroller

although with enough jank you can access android apis without hooks, just via jni

[violet sigil]

for now I've got to actually get the basic idea to work on fabric before I even remotely think of something like that lol

I'm very much a novice for Java and especially for fabric lol

[outer ingot]

all g, if you have any coding related questions feel free to pong me in #anything-non-help

[rigid raft]

i think i used a mod called chat plus to do that

[violet sigil]

Trying that but not successful so far

[supple field]

Are you trying to make a mod so when you type the chat goes up? (For mobile launchers)

[violet sigil]

I was going to look into it, haven't really gotten very far or anything and if some other mod does what I want then I'm just going to go to it, I just want the chat / chat bar at the top of the screen basically

I've tried two different mods (unsuccessfully) and haven't found any others to do what I want

(oh and what I said I was trying was the mod they suggested)

[supple field]

If you do get to make the mod, I will be happy to announce it in #announcements

[violet sigil]

unfortunately no promises but if I ever do I'll make sure you folks know lol

[supple field]

Haha amazing

[rigid raft]

this one right? https://modrinth.com/mod/chat-plus

it works for me

you have to open chat

to drag things around (the chat box and input box whatever thing you call it)

[violet sigil]

it wouldn't load the settings so I honestly didn't think to try interacting with it further... oops.

Guess I'll give it another try later (at the risk of looking a fool lol)

[rigid raft]

uh yeah the mod doesnt really tell you that you can move the chat stuff around in game..

[outer ingot]

i should really fix that

[supple field]

Wait, is it doable

[outer ingot]

the touchcontroller mod plans on it

[supple field]

Ohhhhh

Can controlify ....

Do it

[outer ingot]

nothing stops me from also just copying their method of polling typing status as a lwjgl bridge then doing it launcherside

[supple field]

Ahhhh

[outer ingot]

no

they dont interface with any android api

touchcontroller has launcherside code

[supple field]

Okay so doable

Cc @violet sigil :3

[outer ingot]

and without a mod at that

unless like you define our custom lwjgl shit as a mod

which is fair

[graceful bolt]

I mean u can try adding a small window above the keyboard so we can see what were typing

[outer ingot]

that kinda borks some things because spaghetti

[violet sigil]

cheers! it works! (looks jank till I rearrange stuff but works!)

[shy basalt]

Is it adjustable

[rigid raft]

Yes

[violet sigil]

yep, I just crammed it up there cuz that's where I wanted it

I'm going to move everything over to the right a bit but otherwise I can actually see what I'm typing now which is great for trying to work on my server on the go

[shy basalt]

Where can i get it