AR1 Animated Typing for Minecraft

Overview and Visual Effects

AR1 Animated Typing is a client-side Fabric mod developed by ar1emq that brings smooth visual animations to in-game text entry. Rather than appearing abruptly, characters animate onto the screen as you type and smoothly disappear when deleted. The mod requires client-side installation and is unsupported on dedicated servers.

The animations trigger across various in-game text fields, including chat boxes, command blocks, rename screens, and search fields.

Animation Styles and Accent Colors

The mod includes ten distinct animation styles for character rendering:

Drop: Characters fall into place from above (set as the default style).
Pop: Characters overshoot their target scale and settle into position.
Scaling: Characters expand outward from the center.
Grow: Characters rise and enlarge from the bottom.
Scroll: Characters enter through vertical scrolling motion.
Stretch: Characters expand horizontally into position.
Fade: Characters appear through a smooth opacity transition.
Glitch: Characters flicker with random offsets.
Blink: Characters flash rapidly before appearing.
Shrink: Characters spawn large and contract to standard size.

Players can also configure an accent color, which defaults to #4dff5b. Honestly, when enabled, each character begins with this accent tint and smoothly transitions to the default text color as it appears.

Speed Presets and Configuration

Animation timing can be tuned across eight preset durations: 100, 200, 300, 400, 550, 700, 850, and 1000 milliseconds, with 200 milliseconds assigned as the default value.

All parameters can be modified through ModMenu or directly within the config/ar1-animated-typing.toml file. Available configuration options include:

enabled: Toggles mod functionality (default: true).
animationTime: Sets animation duration in milliseconds (default: 200).
animationType: Selects active animation style (default: DROP).
accentColor: Sets starting character color (default: #4dff5b).
compatibilityCommands: Defines extra commands that should bypass typing animation (default: []).

Security Compatibility and Language Support

To protect sensitive information, the mod provides smart compatibility with AR1 Hide Password. When password commands such as /l testpass123 are typed, animations automatically deactivate to prevent visual exposure on shared screens or streams. Additional commands can also be added manually to compatibilityCommands.

AR1 Animated Typing includes full localization for 14 languages: Russian, English, German, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, French, Bulgarian, Czech, Japanese, Kazakh, Hindi, and Simplified Chinese.

Installation Requirements

To run AR1 Animated Typing on supported Minecraft versions 26.2 and 26.3:

Install Fabric Loader.
Place Fabric API, Cloth Config API, and optionally ModMenu into the mods folder.
Place the mod jar file into the mods folder.