Minecraft Chat ModFind any message. Sort the rest.
Search the chat with Ctrl+F, find your own commands again with Ctrl+R, give trades a tab of their own and send /spawn with one key.
- Free
- Minecraft 1.8.9 to the latest release
- Windows, macOS and Linux
Ctrl+F for the Minecraft chat
Press Ctrl+F with the chat open and type. The window shows only the messages that contain your word, marks it in every line and counts the hits. Enter jumps to the older hit, Shift+Enter to the newer one, and Esc brings the whole chat back with your hit still in view.
- Ctrl+F, or Cmd+F on a Mac
- Any tab: right-click it and search
- Enter older hit, Shift+Enter newer hit
- Esc closes the search, the chat stays open
Looking for a setting instead of a message? Ctrl+K opens Laby Commander.
Find what you typed before with Ctrl+R
That one command with the long coordinates? Press Ctrl+R in the chat input and type a part of it. The newest message you sent that contains it shows up above the input. Press Ctrl+R again for an older one, Tab to keep it in the input, Enter to send it right away.
- Ctrl+R, or Cmd+R on a Mac
- Searches the messages and commands you sent
- Press it again for an older match
- Tab keeps it, Enter sends it, Esc cancels
Trades in one tab, adverts in none
Right-click the chat to add a tab, then give it filters: messages that include "trade" or "sell" go to your Trades tab, with a background color and a sound if you like. A filter can also hide messages, so the same advert never fills your chat again.
- Includes or does not include words
- Hide the message, or give it a background color
- Play a sound, match case, check the tooltip too
- Per tab: how many messages to keep
- Combine repeated messages
- Keep messages when the server clears the chat
Each tab also has its own text shadow, background and chat trust bar setting.
One key, one message
Put "gg" on F6 and /spawn on F7, or whatever you type ten times a day. Press the key and it is sent. Pick an AutoText from the interaction menu instead, and {name} becomes the player you clicked, so a /msg always reaches the right person.
- Any hotkey, combinations of keys too
- Or the interaction menu: {name} becomes the player
- Send right away, or only put it into the input
- Can be limited to one server
- Servers can turn AutoText off
See every name a player ever had
An old friend is back under a new name? Open Name History in the chat input, type the name and press Enter. You get every name the player has had, from the current one back to the original, each with the dates it was used.
- Type a name, press Enter
- Every name, with dates
- Also in the interaction menu of a player
- Needs a connection to Laby Chat
Not in the game right now? laby.net shows the name history of any player under Name History.
Hearts, stars and emoji in your messages
One button in the chat input opens symbols, emoji, and the color and formatting codes. Click to insert, right-click a symbol to keep it as a favorite. Or type a colon and a few letters, like :jo, and pick the emoji from the list that pops up.
- Three tabs: Emoji, Symbols, Colors
- Right-click a symbol to make it a favorite
- Emoji suggestions while you type, like :joy
- Emoji show as emoji for other Laby Client players
Color codes only work on servers that allow them. Players without the Laby Client read an emoji as its code, like :joy:.
Your chat, your layout
Drag the chat wherever it suits you and pull its corner to make it bigger. Right-click it, or use its menu button, for a new tab or a whole new window, so private messages can sit in a corner of their own.
- Move and resize every chat window
- New tabs and windows from the menu or a right-click
- Player heads next to messages
- Emoji shown as images
- Peek at the chat with a key, without opening it
Chatting with friends rather than the server? The Laby Chat is one conversation in the game, the launcher and the app.
Questions and answers
How do I search the Minecraft chat?
In the Laby Client, open the chat and press Ctrl+F (Cmd+F on a Mac). Type a word and the chat shows only the messages that contain it. Enter jumps to the older hit, Shift+Enter to the newer one, and Esc closes the search. To find something you sent yourself, press Ctrl+R in the chat input instead.
How do I see a player's old names?
Open the chat, choose Name History in the chat input, type the player's name and press Enter. You see every name the player has had, with dates. The lookup needs a connection to Laby Chat. On the web, laby.net shows the name history of every player too.
What is AutoText?
AutoText sends a message or command for you with one key press, like "gg" on F6 or /spawn on F7. You can also pick an AutoText from the interaction menu when you click a player; {name} in the message becomes that player's name. An AutoText can send right away or only fill the chat input, and it can be limited to one server. Servers can turn AutoText off.
Can I put trades or private messages into their own chat tab?
Yes. Right-click the chat or use its menu button to add a tab, then give it a filter: messages that include words like "trade" or "sell" go to that tab. Filters can also hide messages, give them a background color or play a sound.
Can other players see my emoji?
Players who use the Laby Client too see your emoji as emoji. Everyone else reads the code instead, like :joy:.
Which Minecraft versions do the chat tools work on?
They come with the Laby Client on every supported version, from 1.8.9 to the latest release. There is nothing extra to install: download the client for free and open the chat.
More Minecraft mods in the Laby Client
Laby Chat
One chat in the game, the launcher, the app and on laby.net. With parties that follow you across servers and minigames against friends.
Laby Commander
Ctrl+K finds every mod, setting, friend and server at once. It also toggles settings, plays emotes and does the math.
Inventory Mod
Search every chest, peek into shulker boxes, lock slots and get warned before your gear breaks. 23 upgrades in one mod.
PvP & Combat
Hit markers, kill sounds, a low health warning, TNT timers, team markers, shield colors and a HUD that keeps score.
Visuals
Move and resize your held items, recolor the glint, lower the fire, tune every particle and leave vapor trails with your elytra.
HUD Widgets
58 widgets for coordinates, FPS, armor, potions, CPS and more. Drag them anywhere, snap them to each other and style every label.
Open the chat with the Laby Client.
Search, tabs, filters, AutoText and Name History are already inside. Free, for Minecraft 1.8.9 to the latest release.
Free, no account beyond your Minecraft one. Every mod is already inside.