How To Open Chat In Minecraft

A multiplayer chat snippet.

Shows (from up to down) bold, strikethrough, underlined, italicized, and reset (§r) text (also default)

Chat is a messaging system used to communicate with other players, or to enter commands.

Several of these commands are configurable (the defaults are shown hither).

Players can press T for keyboards, for touchscreens,‌^{[ Exist & EE only ]} or for controllers‌^{[ Be only ]} to open the chat and talk to other players. Chat functions include:

• Chat history - A small curlicue bar is on the side of the chat bar. The histrion tin can besides scroll using the mouse wheel or PgUp and PgDn. The terminal 100 chat messages are stored. Belongings downward ⇧ Left Shift or ⇧ Right Shift and attempting to scroll upward or down slows down scrolling.
  • The actor can view their ain recently sent letters by pressing the ↑ and ↓ keys while typing.
• Clickable links tin be pasted in chat.
• The power to re-create (Ctrl +C) and paste (Ctrl +5) in chat (⌘ Cmd is used as a replacement for Ctrl on some Macs). ⇧ Shift + ↑, ↓, ←, → selects text for the thespian.
• Font styling: the section symbol (§) allows players to modify the mode of the text. See the list of formatting codes for farther details.
  • Note: the section symbol cannot exist typed in vanilla clients considering they are restricted characters. Even in single player, if § is pasted and posted in chat, the player who sent information technology is automatically kicked with an "Illegal characters in chat" message, and a server-side disconnect.endOfStream error is given. Even in single player, the only available button opens the server selection screen.
• On Bedrock Edition, certain emojis appear equally icons in-game, such every bit the hunger and armor icons.^[1] Other emojis and unknown characters show upwards equally a question marker (?).

Players can too type commands into the chatbox. Commands are identified by the server with the use of a forward slash (/) at the start of the message.

• Simply pressing / acts like a command fundamental; information technology opens the chat with a / in it.
  • Typing / and and then pressing Tab ↹ lists available commands, like to entering the /help command.

While typing, pressing Tab ↹ autocompletes the first possible command or username starting with the letter(s) typed. If there are multiple usernames or commands offset with the letter(s), the chat displays a list of possibilities; pressing tab again scrolls through the list.

• Some commands may besides have additional parameters that may be autocompleted past pressing Tab ↹ at that point.
  • Certain commands that handle blocks (/blockdata, /fill, etc.) take parameters that need the 10, y, and z coordinates of the target block(s). Using the Tab ↹ key when these coordinates are needed automatically adds the coordinates of the block the player is looking at.

In Java Edition, the chatbox can be reduced in size, the opacity may be adapted or it may be hidden via the conversation settings in the options menu. In Bedrock Edition, the chat settings are institute within the chat screen and include options to change the color of the chat, the font, and its size.

In Bedrock Edition, swear words in multiple languages are censored and show upwards as asterisks.

Errors [ ]

If the player types a nonexistent command, the command contains syntax errors, or the player does not have permission to use the specified command, the actor receives an mistake message and the command does not function.

The user and then receives an error message that is only seen by the user who has done the fault that tin can be of all reasons why to a higher place.

History [ ]

Coffee Edition Archetype
0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test five)					Added the chat system.
					Conversation is bachelor in singleplayer, though attempting to send any messages crashes the game.
0.0.17a					A chat log now appears when typing.
					Chat is no longer bachelor in singleplayer.
0.0.18a_02					The characters \, |, @, and $ can at present exist entered into chat.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20091223-ane			Chat is no longer bachelor due to multiplayer being made partially inaccessible in this version.
Coffee Edition Blastoff
v1.0.9					In private multiplayer testing, the chat organization has been reintroduced along with Unicode back up.[2]
v1.0.12					Chat at present has word wrapping.
Java Edition
i.2.4					Added conversation history and improved conversation editing.
					Links are now clickable in conversation.
					Text can now be copied and pasted.
					When typing a player's name, pressing Tab ↹ will automatically fill in the rest of the username.
i.3.i		12w16a			Chat can now exist used to enter commands in singleplayer.
ane.7.2		13w37a			"Saved screenshot as" messages can now be clicked to open the screenshot.
					Added the ability to open up a URL from the chat by clicking on it.
					Names can now be clicked to ship people private messages.
					Added support for both hover and click events in the conversation through /tellraw <histrion> <raw json message>.
1.viii		14w02a			Messages are now either conversation, system, or action bar letters. Activity bar messages are always shown, while conversation and system messages are shown only if conversation settings are configured to show them.
					Some instances of usernames in the chat volition at present evidence the thespian's UUID when hovered on when debug tooltips are enabled.
		?			Chat communication has been improved.
					Entities at present have tooltips in certain conversation instances when hovered over.
					F3 +D now clears the conversation history, including previously typed commands.
i.11		16w32a			Some warnings now appear above the hotbar instead of in the conversation, like "Press [key] to dismount" had.
		16w38a			Chat messages tin can now be 256 characters long instead of 100.
i.16		20w15a			Chat line spacing can now be adjusted.
					A conversation delay can be ready between 0 (default) and 6 seconds.
one.xvi.4		Pre-release 1			Added the social interactions screen, which can be used to disable chatting with certain players.
		Release Candidate 1			Added an option to hibernate matched names in conversation.
ane.nineteen		22w17a			Chat letters between players are now cryptographically signed.
					Players are given a Mojang provided key-pair on startup.
					Chat styling is now handled via server resources packs with the translation key chat.blazon.text.
		22w18a			Conversation from the /say, /msg, /teammsg, and /me commands are at present all as well cryptographically signed.
					Servers tin now define different chat style formats for clients, which can at present be controlled past the server through the chat_type registry (found nether the worldgen folder in the vanilla report).
		22w19a			Servers can now enable chat preview, which displays a server-controlled preview to a higher place the chat edit box, showing how the message appears when sent.
		Pre-release 1			A chat preview is now also shown for chat-related commands, such as /say and /msg.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.nineteen.i		22w24a			It is now possible to report a player for sending abusive messages in the chat via the social interactions screen.
		Pre-release 2			Letters that are not signed with the Secure Chat system, or have been tampered with by the server will at present exist marked.
					The trust condition of messages are displayed with both a colored indicator and an icon. Hovering over the icon will provide more information about the trust condition.
		Pre-release 3			Moved the conversation scrollbar to the right of the chat window.
					Organization messages are now displayed with a grayness color indicator.
					The msg_command chat type has been split autonomously into msg_command_incoming and msg_command_outgoing.
					The team_name chat type parameter has been renamed to target.
		Pre-release 4			Insecure chat messages logged in the server are prefixed with a [Not Secure] tag.
					The order of chat letters is now cryptographically verified.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.seven.0					Added the chat system.
v0.7.ii					Made some changes to the chat GUI, including making the "Done" push button smaller, adding a button to show/hibernate the keyboard, and making the conversation log visible when entering a message.
v0.7.4					Support for entering commands into chat has been added. No commands have been implemented, however.
v0.8.0		build ane			Text existence entered into chat no longer extends exterior the conversation screen.
v0.viii.i					Added Unicode support to chat.
v0.ix.0		build 1			Information technology is no longer possible to interact with the world when tapping on the chat button.
v0.10.0		build one			The outline of chat messages ends where the bulletin ends and is no longer the width of the entire screen.
v0.11.0		build ane			Added a "hibernate" push to the chat screen.
v0.12.one		build 1			Relocated the conversation push to the top-middle of the screen in Survival way.
		build seven			The player tin now use conversation while in a bed.
v0.14.0		build 1			Fixed beingness unable to use colors in chat.[ more data needed ]
Pocket Edition
ane.0.0		alpha 1.0.0.0			Moved the position of conversation messages so they no longer cover life points, armor, etc.
Bedrock Edition
i.two.0		beta ane.2.0.2			The chat screen can at present exist closed past pressing Enter when no text is nowadays.
					Chat messages tin can now exist muted.
1.7.0		beta 1.7.0.two			Mentions of player names are now highlighted yellow in conversation.
					Typing @ in chat will now testify an autocomplete list of thespian names.
1.9.0		beta i.9.0.0			A notification is now sent to chat when a tamed fauna dies.
1.11.0		beta i.11.0.4			The message "Press T, ↵ Return, or Gamepad Button8 to open chat" is now sent when the player opens a globe.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.2			Added the ability to disable the chat prompt after entering the earth.
		?			Added the ability to modify chat color and font.
1.18.30		release			When inbound a message in chat, Ctrl +← Backspace will now erase the whole give-and-take before the caret, Ctrl +Delete will erase the whole give-and-take after the caret, Ctrl +← will move the caret to the beginning of the discussion before the caret, andCtrl +→ will motility the caret to the first of the next word later on the caret.

References [ ]

1. ↑ https://github.com/TwistedAsylumMC/bedrock-unicode-characters
2. ↑ https://web.annal.org/web/20140427012559/http://notch.tumblr.com/postal service/844565199/i-forgot-to-update-you-on-mp-status-yesterday

Source: https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Chat

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