UI Timer Lib

UI Utils

UI Utils is a small Fabric library that makes it easy to display simple HUD elements without having to write your own renderer.

It is designed for mod developers who want a quick and lightweight way to show text and timers on the player's screen.

Here is an example of this library in use.

Features

• Display custom text on the HUD
• Show live countdown timers
• Change text and background colors easily
• Show and hide the overlay
• Lightweight and easy to integrate into other mods

Setting it up

• Download the latest `ui-utils-.jar` from the Versions tab.

• Add the JAR to your project dependencies.

• Add UI Utils as a dependency in your mod.

  fabric.mod.json

  {
  "depends": {
    "fabricloader": "*",
    "minecraft": "1.21.6",
    "ui-utils": "*"
  }
  }

• Import within your Java file.

  Main.java

  import com.uitutils.UIUtils;

Usage

• Show a labeled timer

UIUtils.show(String label, int seconds);

• Hide timer

UIUtils.hide();

• Set timer value

UIUtils.setTime(int seconds);

• Set timer color (24-bit RGB hexadecimal integer)

UIUtils.setColor(int rgb);

• Set background color (24-bit RGB hexadecimal integer)

UIUtils.setBackground(int rgb);

Internal fields

These fields exist for direct access but are not required for normal usage.

• Query current HUD text string

UIUtils.text;

• Query countdown value in seconds

UIUtils.secondsRemaining;

• Query HUD visibility

UIUtils.visible;

• Query HUD text color

UIUtils.color;

• Query background color

UIUtils.background;