Elements

SpiffyHUD adds many new elements to FancyMenu, specifically made to be used in the HUD.

Spiffy's elements only work in the HUD.

Elements in Detail

The following list contains most, if not all, elements that SpiffyHUD adds to the base mod (FancyMenu). The list can sometimes be a little outdated due to updates of SpiffyHUD.

Inventory Slot

Displays the contents of a specific inventory slot (or the currently selected hotbar slot) with optional durability overlay.

• Use Cases:
  • Mirror your selected hotbar item near a custom crosshair or compass.
  • Pin an armor/offhand slot to the HUD for quick condition checks.
  • Create custom inventory readouts inside cinematic HUD layouts.
• Key Features:
  • Can follow the selected hotbar slot or a fixed slot ID (0–40 as explained in the element’s help popup).
  • Optional durability bar rendering for tools and armor.
  • Works with FancyMenu positioning, scaling, and animations for precise placement.

Single-Line Text

Renders a single JSON chat component, letting you reuse /tellraw style text (including hover/click actions) directly in the HUD.

• Use Cases:
  • Add short labels, tips, or roleplay captions that stay readable in-game.
  • Show placeholder-driven stats (e.g., player speed or biome) beside other HUD pieces.
  • Display stylized status banners using Minecraft’s formatting codes.
• Key Features:
  • Accepts full JSON text components and FancyMenu placeholders.
  • Adjustable text scale for pixel-perfect alignment with other elements.
  • Honors Minecraft color/formatting codes without extra setup.

Player Mirror

Shows the live 3D model of the local player just like the Inventory preview.

• Use Cases:
  • Create selfie-style overlays for streams or screenshots.
  • Let players check armor skins and cosmetics without opening menus.
  • Build RPG character cards inside the HUD.
• Key Features:
  • Uses the real client player model, armor, cape, and held items.
  • Animates naturally with current pose and movement.
  • Fully repositionable/scalable through FancyMenu layout controls.

Chat Customizer

Lets you adjust chat placement and visuals directly from the HUD.

• Use Cases:
  • Move chat to a different corner for ultra-wide monitors.
  • Apply semi-transparent themes that match your HUD colors.
  • Increase line spacing for readability during fast combat.
• Key Features:
  • Choose the screen corner where chat renders.
  • Independent color controls for chat background and input field (HEX or placeholders).
  • Configurable line spacing for dense or airy layouts.

Player NBT Helper

Utility element that exposes every NBT path of the client player for use with placeholders.

• Use Cases:
  • Discover exact NBT paths when wiring new variable-driven HUD pieces.
  • Debug custom datapack or mod attributes stored on the player.
  • Document NBT keys for team members without external tools.
• Key Features:
  • Lists all available player NBT data paths directly in-game.
  • Designed purely for inspection—no rendering noise when unused.
  • Pairs with FancyMenu’s “Get NBT Data” placeholders.

Overlay Remover

Removes built-in screen overlays such as pumpkin head overlay, portal overlay, powder snow frost overlay, spyglass overlay, and the world-border vignette.

• Use Cases:
  • Clean screenshots or cinematic recordings without swapping resource packs.
  • Accessibility-friendly HUDs by suppressing obstructive overlays.
  • Allow modpacks to disable specific overlays while keeping others intact.
• Key Features:
  • Overlay-type selector (all, portal, powder snow, pumpkin, spyglass, vignette).
  • Works per-layout, so different HUDs can suppress different overlays.
  • Simple area-based element you can stack or animate with FancyMenu tools.

Eraser

Area-based remover that hides any HUD content rendered beneath its bounds. Useful for modded HUD pieces Spiffy cannot move directly.

• Use Cases:
  • Delete parts of third-party HUDs without disabling the mods that add them.
• Key Features:
  • Any HUD fragment fully covered by the eraser disappears; partial coverage keeps it visible.
  • Independent of element type—affects vanilla and modded overlays alike.

Compass

Renders a horizontal RPG-style compass bar with optional markers, needles, and mob dots.

• Use Cases:
  • Build exploration or dungeon HUDs that highlight objectives and last-death spots.
  • Provide lightweight radar for nearby hostiles or passive mobs.
  • Show party-made world markers with distance labels during events.
• Key Features:
  • Customizable background, bar, tick lines, and cardinal letter textures/colors.
  • World markers and last-death pointer with optional distance labels and textures.
  • Separate hostile/passive mob dots (or full models) with range, scale, and texture controls, plus placeholder-friendly offsets.

Player Heart Health Bar

Customizable heart rows that track player health, including absorption and status variants.

• Use Cases:
  • Replace vanilla hearts with themed textures for packs or servers.
  • Add a minimal, multi-row health readout for hardcore overlays.
  • Emphasize danger with shake/blink feedback at low health.
• Key Features:
  • Per-state textures (normal, absorption, burning, frozen, poison, wither, empty/half/full).
  • Configurable hearts-per-row, spacing, scale, blinking, and low-health shake threshold.
  • Supports placeholder-driven scaling for animated layouts.

Player Food Icon Bar

Shows hunger as rows of customizable food icons, with support for normal and “hungry” textures.

• Use Cases:
  • Match hunger icons to custom resource-pack art styles.
  • Build compact multi-row food bars for minimal HUDs.
  • Provide motion feedback (blink/shake) when food is lost or low.
• Key Features:
  • Per-state textures (normal full/half, hungry full/half, empty).
  • Adjustable icons-per-row, horizontal gaps, scale, and low-food shake threshold.
  • Optional blink when losing hunger.

Player Armor Icon Bar

Displays armor value as customizable icon rows.

• Use Cases:
  • Theme armor pips to match faction colors or server branding.
  • Present armor on a dedicated HUD rail separate from health/food.
  • Highlight loss events with blink or shake to draw attention.
• Key Features:
  • Textures for full/half/empty armor icons with scaling and per-row layout controls.
  • Optional blink on damage and low-armor shake threshold.
  • Adjustable horizontal gaps for tight or airy spacing.

Player Air Bubble Bar

Tracks remaining breath with bubble rows and optional pop/shake effects.

• Use Cases:
  • Diving or underwater base HUDs that keep air status front and center.
  • Stylized bubble displays using custom textures or colors.
  • Animated “panic” feedback when air is low.
• Key Features:
  • Per-state textures (full, half, empty, popping) with scale control.
  • Configurable bubbles-per-row, gaps, and optional pop animation duration.
  • Low-air shake toggle with threshold for attention-grabbing motion.

Mount Heart Health Bar

Renders mount health as customizable heart rows, falling back to empty hearts when no mount is ridden.

• Use Cases:
  • Show horse/strider health near the hotbar without vanilla placement limits.
  • Theme mount hearts differently from player hearts for clarity.
  • Keep layouts stable while dismounted thanks to empty-heart fallback.
• Key Features:
  • Same texture set as player hearts (including burning, frozen, poison, wither, absorption).
  • Configurable hearts-per-row, spacing, scale, blink, and low-health shake threshold.
  • Respects FancyMenu positioning and sizing rules for seamless alignment.

Vanilla-Like Hotbar

Faithful recreation of the vanilla hotbar that you can move or scale with FancyMenu.

• Use Cases:
  • Relocate the hotbar for ultra-wide or VR-friendly HUDs.
  • Run side-by-side with custom bars for comparison or transition layouts.
  • Keep the vanilla look while pairing with other Spiffy elements.
• Key Features:
  • Uses vanilla rendering (item cooldowns, selected slot highlight, offhand overlay).
  • Sticky anchor enabled by default for classic bottom alignment.
  • Honors resource packs so textures stay consistent with the game.

Vanilla-Like Scoreboard Sidebar

Shows the live scoreboard sidebar with vanilla styling and optional background tinting.

• Use Cases:
  • Move objective lists out of the way of minimaps or chat.
  • Match scoreboard placement to custom themed HUD corners.
  • Provide per-layout scoreboard visibility for minigames or events.
• Key Features:
  • Renders the real scoreboard title and lines with dynamic sizing.
  • Separate background color controls for title and lines (HEX).
  • Stays in sync with server objectives without extra scripting.

Vanilla-Like Player Health Bar

Recreates the vanilla heart bar for the player.

• Use Cases:
  • Relocate default hearts without changing their look.
  • Keep hardcore-style hearts while using custom HUD layouts.
• Key Features:
  • Vanilla heart rendering including absorption, poison, wither, and hardcore variants.
  • Sticky anchoring by default to mirror vanilla behavior.
  • Respects game rules and status effects automatically.

Vanilla-Like Player Food Bar

Recreates the standard hunger bar.

• Use Cases:
  • Move hunger to a new column beside custom health displays.
  • Keep vanilla visuals for players who prefer familiar cues.
• Key Features:
  • Vanilla food icons with saturation “hungry” states and flashing at low food.
  • Sticky anchoring for easy bottom alignment.
  • Auto-updates with player hunger and status effects (e.g., hunger debuff).

Vanilla-Like Player Armor Bar

Faithful armor pip rendering.

• Use Cases:
  • Align armor next to custom heart or stamina displays.
  • Preserve vanilla readability while shifting overall HUD layout.
  • Provide an alternate location for accessibility-focused packs.
• Key Features:
  • Uses vanilla armor icons (full/half) with correct enchantment shine behavior.
  • Sticky anchoring enabled by default.
  • Scales with FancyMenu sizing/positioning settings.

Vanilla-Like Player Air Bar

Standard bubble bar that appears when underwater.

• Use Cases:
  • Place air status near minimaps or diving HUD clusters.
  • Keep vanilla feedback while hiding the original bubble bar.
  • Pair with underwater resource-pack themes without custom textures.
• Key Features:
  • Vanilla bubble rendering with correct depletion timing and flashing.
  • Only appears when relevant, matching vanilla logic.
  • Sticky anchoring defaults for bottom placement.

Vanilla-Like Player Experience Bar

Dynamic contextual bar that switches between the XP bar, jump meter, or locator bar depending on gameplay state.

• Use Cases:
  • Move the XP bar to a custom location without losing jump-meter support for mounts.
  • Surface the new 1.21 locator bar alongside waypoints in bespoke HUDs.
  • Keep layouts stable by forcing the locator or XP bar to always show in editors or presets.
• Key Features:
  • Automatically chooses experience, jump, or locator display using vanilla rules (waypoints, mounts, recent XP gain).
  • Options to always show the locator bar or always show the XP bar even in editor mode.
  • Uses vanilla sprites and level text rendering, including contextual priority and fade timings.

Vanilla-Like Mount Health Bar

Recreates the default mount heart bar.

• Use Cases:
  • Move horse/strider health to a clearer spot when riding.
  • Keep vanilla hearts for mounts while using custom player health visuals.
• Key Features:
  • Vanilla mount heart rendering with correct row splits for large health pools.
  • Sticky anchoring for familiar positioning.
  • Only appears while mounted, staying hidden otherwise.

Vanilla-Like Effects Overlay

Shows active status effects using the vanilla list style.

• Use Cases:
  • Move potion effects away from minimaps or chat.
  • Build compact effect columns for modded HUD presets.
  • Keep vanilla icons/timers for player familiarity.
• Key Features:
  • Uses vanilla icons, timers, and ordering.
  • Resizes automatically to current effect count.
  • Sticky anchor defaults help mirror the original placement.

Vanilla-Like Boss Overlay

Stacks vanilla boss bars in a movable container.

• Use Cases:
  • Keep boss bars visible while using cinematic camera overlays.
  • Prevent overlap with custom center-screen widgets.
  • Relocate bars for multi-boss encounters or datapack events.
• Key Features:
  • Renders the same boss bars the vanilla HUD would show (dragon, warden pulse, etc.).
  • Automatic stacking and resizing based on active bosses.
  • Sticky anchoring for quick placement along screen edges.

Vanilla-Like Attack Indicator

Replicates the vanilla attack indicator, with a toggle for the hotbar-style or crosshair-style version.

• Use Cases:
  • Place the indicator near custom crosshairs or weapon stats.
  • Keep PvP timing cues visible after hiding the default HUD.
  • Offer alternate layouts that swap between crosshair and hotbar indicators.
• Key Features:
  • Hotbar-style toggle mirrors the vanilla “Attack Indicator: HOTBAR/CROSSHAIR” option.
  • Uses vanilla fill/ready animation and cooldown timing.
  • Sticky anchoring defaults for familiar alignment, adjustable via FancyMenu.