Visual Keystrokes

A highly customizable keystroke overlay for Minecraft 1.21-1.21.11. It renders a live, configurable layout of keyboard and mouse inputs so players can see exactly what is being pressed in real time.

Features

• Live key and mouse button visualization with pressed-state feedback
• Fully editable layout via a JSON config file
• Scalable overlay with adjustable position, colors, and padding
• Lightweight HUD renderer with a simple toggle keybind

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Minecraft: 1.21-1.21.11
• Fabric Loader: 0.18.3 or higher
• Fabric API: 0.140.2+1.21.11
• Java: 21 or higher

Installation

1. Install Fabric Loader

   • Download and install Fabric Loader for your Minecraft version
   • Download from FabricMC

2. Install Fabric API

   • Download the Fabric API build that matches your Minecraft version
   • Download from Modrinth

3. Install Visual Keystrokes

   • Build the mod or download a release jar
   • Place the jar in your mods folder

4. Launch and Configure

   • Start Minecraft with Fabric Loader
   • Toggle the overlay with F8 (changeable in controls)

Usage

• Toggle the overlay with F8 by default (change in controls menu)
• Use the pause menu button Edit Keystrokes to move, resize, or remove elements in-game
• In the editor: click an element to select it, drag to move, use the corner handles to resize, click the trash icon or drop it into the sidebar to remove, click the pencil icon to edit colors, and use the +/- button to open or close the right sidebar to drag elements back in

Compatibility

• Targets Minecraft 1.21-1.21.11
• Fabric Loader 0.18.3+
• Fabric API resolves per target version