Creative Tab Layouts

Creative Tab Layouts

A lightweight API for creating page-based Creative Tabs with sections, headers, banner pages, and animated visuals.

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About this Mod

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Creative Tab Layouts

Creative Tab Layouts, or CTL, is a Minecraft modding utility for organizing creative mode tabs using structured layouts.

CTL does not replace Minecraft's creative tab registration system. The original creative tabs still exist. Instead, CTL controls how items are displayed inside selected tabs by rebuilding their visible content with pages, sections, headers, banners, addon pages, and fallback pages.

It is designed for mod developers, addons, and modpacks that need cleaner creative inventory organization, especially when many items end up inside the same tab.

Features

  • Page-based creative tab organization
  • Section-based item grouping
  • Visual headers for sections
  • Visual banners for overview pages
  • JSON-driven visuals
  • Optional sprite animations
  • Addon pages for compatibility integrations
  • Fallback pages for items added by external mods
  • Priority-based ordering
  • Public API for mods and addons
  • Datagen support for CTL visuals
  • Built-in vanilla tab layouts
  • Developer visual debug tools in development environments

For players and modpacks

Creative Tab Layouts can be installed as a dependency when required by another mod or modpack.

When built-in vanilla layouts are enabled, CTL can also reorganize selected vanilla creative tabs into cleaner pages and sections.

For developers

Developers can use CTL to create structured layouts for creative tabs, add pages, define sections, contribute to existing layouts, create JSON visuals, and generate visual configuration files through datagen.

Extended documentation and examples are available in the project files and repository.

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Creative Tab Layouts

Creative Tab Layouts, o CTL, es un mod/utilidad para Minecraft que permite organizar las pestañas del inventario creativo mediante layouts estructurados.

CTL no reemplaza el sistema de registro de creative tabs de Minecraft. Las pestañas originales siguen existiendo. En su lugar, CTL controla cómo se muestran los items dentro de pestañas seleccionadas, reconstruyendo su contenido visible mediante páginas, secciones, headers, banners, addon pages y páginas fallback.

Está pensado para desarrolladores de mods, addons y modpacks que necesitan una organización más clara del inventario creativo, especialmente cuando muchos items terminan dentro de una misma pestaña.

Características

  • Organización de creative tabs por páginas
  • Agrupación de items por secciones
  • Headers visuales para secciones
  • Banners visuales para overview pages
  • Visuales definidos mediante JSON
  • Soporte opcional para animaciones por sprites
  • Addon pages para integraciones de compatibilidad
  • Fallback pages para items añadidos por mods externos
  • Ordenamiento por prioridad
  • API pública para mods y addons
  • Soporte de datagen para visuales de CTL
  • Layouts vanilla integrados
  • Herramientas de debug visual en entornos de desarrollo

Para jugadores y modpacks

Creative Tab Layouts puede instalarse como dependencia cuando otro mod o modpack lo requiera.

Cuando los layouts vanilla integrados están activados, CTL también puede reorganizar pestañas vanilla seleccionadas en páginas y secciones más limpias.

Para desarrolladores

Los desarrolladores pueden usar CTL para crear layouts estructurados para creative tabs, añadir páginas, definir secciones, contribuir a layouts existentes, crear visuales JSON y generar archivos de configuración visual mediante datagen.

La documentación extendida y los ejemplos están disponibles en los archivos del proyecto y en el repositorio.

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Available Versions

Tab_Layouts-1.0.0release
MC 1.21.1neoforge
July 3, 2026

How to Install Creative Tab Layouts on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

2

Set neoforge Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the neoforge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.1).

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Creative Tab Layouts". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

neoforge

Minecraft Versions

1.21.1

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Creative Tab Layouts server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong neoforge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Creative Tab Layouts compatible with neoforge?

Creative Tab Layouts officially supports neoforge for Minecraft 1.21.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Creative Tab Layouts – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Creative Tab Layouts consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.

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Details

License
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later
Server-side
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Supported Versions

1.21.1