Blip

Blip

A fast and easy fuzzy-search item grabber.

About

Blip is a Fabric mod that allows you to quickly put any item in your hand. It is designed to be quick and easy to use and is inspired by the Spotlight system-wide search on macOS and other desktop application launchers.

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Here's how it works:

The search is activated by a configurable key binding (default J), which activates a text box. When you type into the text box, Blip uses your query to search for items. When you press Enter (or return, on Mac), the top result is placed in your hand. You will be given a single item if in Creative mode. If in Survival mode, the first stack will be moved into your hand, and whatever was in your hand will move to where the selected item stack was.

You may optionally specify a number before or after the query separated by a space to specify the number of items to put in your hand. For example, the queries carr 16 or 16 carr would give you 16 carrots.

Installation

You need to install the Fabric Mod Loader. See https://fabricmc.net.

Download the latest release from Modrinth.

To install the mod, follow this guide: https://docs.fabricmc.net/players/installing-mods.

Uninstallation

Remove blip-*.jar from the mods folder.

Blip does not generate or modify any other files.

Development

To build the project from source, simply run the command ./gradlew build. The completed jar will appear in build/libs/blip-v*.jar.

Contributing

There are many ways in which you can contribute:

• For bug reports, please create an issue on the repository detailing exactly how the error occurred and attaching any relevant crash reports or logs.
• For feature requests, please create an issue on the repository detailing what the feature or enhancement should be and how it would improve the project.
• For pull requests, please maintain good coding practices and take feedback eagerly.
• You can also contribute simply by sharing the mod with other people who might like it :)

Thanks to

• Mojang for developing an awesome game.
• The FabricMC project for creating Minecraft modding frameworks.
• GitHub, for hosting my code.
• Apache, for the fuzzy search system FuzzyScore.
• IntelliJ, for developing a great IDE.