# Handy Bookshelf<\/p>\n
Vanilla chiseled bookshelves look great \u2014 until you need to find your Mending book among 30 identical shelves. Every slot looks the same regardless of what’s inside. Is that an enchanted book? A regular book? A book and quill you accidentally stuffed in there? No way to tell without clicking every single slot. Handy Bookshelf fixes that by making enchanted books actually *look* enchanted.<\/p>\n
## Features<\/p>\n
### \u2728 Enchantment Glint<\/p>\n
Slots containing enchanted books display a shimmering glint effect \u2014 the same iconic shimmer you see on enchanted items in your inventory. Enchanted books glow, regular books don’t. Instant visual distinction.<\/p>\n
### \ud83c\udff7\ufe0f Enchantment Name Tags<\/p>\n
Point your crosshair at a bookshelf slot (within 4 blocks) and the enchantment name appears above the shelf. No more guessing, no more opening slots one by one hunting for Sharpness V.<\/p>\n
### \ud83c\udfad Pixel-Perfect Glint Masking<\/p>\n
The glint effect only renders over book pixels \u2014 not the wooden shelf border. It’s a small detail, but it keeps things looking clean and intentional rather than “someone slapped a filter over a rectangle.”<\/p>\n
### \ud83e\udded All Orientations<\/p>\n
Works with chiseled bookshelves facing any cardinal direction. North, south, east, west \u2014 your enchanted books shimmer from every angle.<\/p>\n
## Why This Mod?<\/p>\n
Chiseled bookshelves were one of the best additions in 1.20. Finally, a way to display and organize books on shelves with individual slots. But Mojang stopped short \u2014 the visual representation treats every book type identically. You can store the most powerful enchanted book in the game right next to a blank book, and they look exactly the same.<\/p>\n
The average enchantment hoarder has somewhere between “a few” and “an unreasonable number” of chiseled bookshelves in their base. Finding the right enchanted book means clicking through slot after slot, shelf after shelf, squinting at tooltips. Handy Bookshelf turns that scavenger hunt into a glance.<\/p>\n
* **Vanilla-esque** \u2014 no new items, no new blocks. Just better bookshelf visuals using vanilla’s own enchantment glint.
\n* **Lightweight** \u2014 does one thing well. No heavy dependencies beyond Fabric API.
\n* **Non-intrusive** \u2014 regular books, written books, and empty slots all look exactly like vanilla. Only enchanted books get the special treatment.<\/p>\n
## Compatibility<\/p>\n
* Requires Fabric API
\n* Must be installed on **both client and server** (inventory sync mixin)
\n* Should work alongside most mods \u2014 if you run into conflicts, open an issue
\n* \u2699\ufe0f **Optional:** Mod Menu + YACL for in-game config screen (not required)<\/p>\n
## Installation<\/p>\n
### Single Player<\/p>\n
1. Install Fabric Loader
\n2. Install Fabric API
\n3. Drop `handybookshelves-x.x.x.jar` into your `mods\/` folder
\n4. Launch the game!<\/p>\n
### Server<\/p>\n
The mod is required on **both the server and all connecting clients** for inventory sync to work correctly.<\/p>\n
1. Install Fabric Loader on your server
\n2. Place Fabric API and Handy Bookshelf in the server’s `mods\/` folder
\n3. Each connecting player needs Fabric Loader, Fabric API, and Handy Bookshelf installed<\/p>\n
## Part of the Handy series<\/p>\n
Small Fabric mods that smooth over vanilla friction points:<\/p>\n
– **Handy Shulker** \u2014 bundle-like interactions for shulker boxes
\n– **Handy Trader** \u2014 bookmark your favorite villager trades
\n– **Handy Indicator** \u2014 visual indicators on container blocks<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
*Handy Bookshelf is open source under the MIT license.*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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