InlineIME

Draws the text your IME is composing inside the text field itself, instead of the floating box vanilla shows next to it.

Where you see the text while typing is where it will actually land. Works with any IME — Microsoft Bopomofo, Chewing, Sogou, ASUS Smart Input, Japanese / Korean IMEs, and so on.

What it looks like

Vanilla:                          This mod:
┌────────────────────────┐        ┌────────────────────────┐
│ hello |                │        │ hello ㄋㄧˇㄏㄠˇ|      │
└────────────────────────┘        └────────────────────────┘
        ┌───────────┐                      ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾  ← underlined: not committed
        │ ㄋㄧˇㄏㄠˇ │  ← floating box
        └───────────┘

• Every clause of the composition is underlined, and the one the IME is currently converting gets a thicker line
• Single line fields also dim the clauses that are not being converted, so the one that is stands out
• The candidate window follows the composing text instead of sitting in one fixed spot on screen
• The field reacts while you are still composing: the creative mode search filters, the chat bar's command suggestions keep up

Requirements

This is a client side mod. It does not need to be installed on the server.

Where it works

• Chat, command blocks, server names, every kind of search box, renaming in an anvil
• Books, world descriptions and other multi line fields
• Signs

Settings

Changes made in the settings screen take effect immediately; the file is written when the screen closes.

You can also edit config/inlineime.json directly, in which case you need to restart the game:

The colour fields only offer a handful of common colours in the settings screen, but the json accepts any #RRGGBB. A colour that is not in the screen's list is not wiped either — it simply shows up in that option's cycle.

Renaming in an anvil is not live by default, because it would keep sending rename packets to the server while you are still composing. Turn on liveValueInAnvil if you want it anyway.

Command suggestions and Tab

While you are composing, the keyboard belongs to the IME — Tab gets taken for cycling candidates and never reaches the game at all. So:

• Partway through typing a command, the suggestion list appears on its own; you do not press Tab
• But you cannot use Tab or the arrow keys to pick an entry from it while composing. Commit the text in the IME first (Enter or space)
• If your IME has an English mode (ASUS Smart Input, for one), pressing Tab while typing letters commits them straight away, hands the keyboard back to the game, and Tab works normally from then on

That last one currently only tested on Windows.

Turn commitAsciiPreeditOnTab off if you use a Pinyin IME. Pinyin is typed as plain letters, so with this on, pressing Tab midway through a word commits the raw Pinyin.

Using it with IMBlocker

InlineIME is compatible with IMBlocker: turn on forceImeInputMode, off by default and only needed for this case.

IMBlocker takes over the game's IME handling entirely, so without this option compositions never reach the game — there is nothing here to draw. Turning it on reroutes composition back to the text field, and IMBlocker's own pre-edit overlay steps aside so nothing is drawn twice. The one trade-off: IMBlocker's "Enable Ingame IME" (drawing candidates itself under exclusive fullscreen) no longer applies while composing.