ZTab

ztab 2.0.0

Added

- Animated TAB header and footer system - Animated sidebar (side tab) system![Banner](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/a4f94a8656b13… - Custom player list name formatting - Built-in placeholders with no PlaceholderAPI required - Rank prefix and suffix formatting support - Optional zSupportExtender integration - /ztab status command - /ztab reload command

Features

- Works on Paper 1.19+ - Lightweight TAB experience for modern servers - Built-in placeholder support for player, server, economy, rank, and skill tokens - Config-based rank styling for cleaner player list presentation - Header/footer/sidebar are config-driven (no forced permanent text)

Fixed

- Removed permanent fallback tab text when config entries are empty - Sidebar clears correctly when disabled or when no lines are configured - Better reload behavior for live config updates

Notes

- ztab is designed to improve TAB list presentation without requiring PlaceholderAPI - zSupportExtender is optional and can be used for wider compatibility workflows if needed - Built for broad Paper compatibility with a simple setup flow

ztab Placeholder + Config Guide (No PlaceholderAPI Required)

Player Placeholders

- %player% - Player name - %displayname% - Display name - %uuid% - Player UUID - %ping% - Player ping in ms - %world% - Player's current world - %x% %y% %z% - Player coordinates - %health% - Player health - %maxhealth% - Max health - %hunger% - Player hunger - %level% - Player level - %exp% - Player XP - %gamemode% - Player gamemode (SURVIVAL, CREATIVE, etc.) - %vanished% - true/false if player is vanished - %afk% - true/false if player is AFK - %food% - Player food level - %air% - Player remaining air - %permission_<node>% - true/false if player has permission node

Server Placeholders

- %online% - Number of online players - %max% - Maximum player slots - %tps% - Server TPS - %motd% - Server MOTD - %time% - Server time - %date% - Server date - %version% - Server version - %players_list% - Comma-separated list of online players - %server% - Server name - %load% - Server CPU/Memory load

Economy Placeholders

- %balance% - Player balance (Vault-compatible) - %bank_balance% - Player bank balance - %top_balance% - Top economy player - %money_rank% - Player ranking by balance

Jobs / MMO / Skill Placeholders

- %jobs_level_<job>% - Player level in a specific job - %skills_level_<skill>% - Player skill level - %skill_points% - Player available skill points - %quests_completed% - Player completed quests

Chat / Rank Placeholders

- %prefix% - Rank prefix (LuckPerms / EssentialsX / zRanks) - %suffix% - Rank suffix - %rank% - Player rank name - %display_rank% - Formatted rank - %custom_tag% - Custom tag string - %tab_group% - ztab sorting group key

Color / Formatting Codes

- &0 Black - &1 Dark Blue - &2 Dark Green - &3 Dark Aqua - &4 Dark Red - &5 Dark Purple - &6 Gold - &7 Gray - &8 Dark Gray - &9 Blue - &a Green - &b Aqua - &c Red - &d Light Purple - &e Yellow - &f White - &k Obfuscated - &l Bold - &m Strikethrough - &n Underline - &o Italic - &r Reset

Animation Ideas

- headerFrames / footerFrames: list of strings to cycle - intervalTicks: animation speed (lower = faster) - color wave, bold pulse, blink, scrolling text, fake gradient - rotate placeholders each frame (%online%, %tps%, %ping%)

Example Header Animation

headerFrames:
  - "&6&lG&a&lA&f&lM&b&lE&6&lH&eo&fs&bt"
  - "&e&lG&f&lA&b&lM&d&lE&6&lH&fo&bs&t"
  - "&f&lG&b&lA&d&lM&5&lE&6&lH&bo&ds&t"
  - "&b&lG&d&lA&5&lM&6&lE&6&lH&do&5s&t"
  - "&d&lG&5&lA&6&lM&e&lE&6&lH&5o&6s&t"