Tab Name Dimmer

Tab Name Dimmer 1.0.5 is a major update over 1.0.4. The single list of highlighted names is replaced by player groups with per-server profiles. It also adds activation modes, AFK handling, join/leave notifications, and a configurable separate HUD.

Before updating

• Minecraft 26.3 only. 26.1.2 and 26.2 are no longer supported.
• Fabric API is now required, along with Fabric Loader 0.19.3+ and Java 25+.
• Your old allowedNames list moves into a global Default group on first launch, so no names are lost.
• Remove the old JAR from mods. Your config/tab-name-dimmer.json can stay.

Player groups

• Up to 32 groups, each with its own name, color, priority, and toggles: enabled, Tab name coloring, world outline, model transparency.
• When a player is in several groups, the highest priority wins. On equal priority, the group higher in the list wins. Reorder groups with Move up and Move down.
• Name masks: Clan_* matches any text, Bot? matches one character.
• In the editor: < > group navigation, duplicate a group, - + priority buttons (Shift steps by 10), preset colors with a preview. Deleting needs a second click.
• Member list: search, A-Z sorting with duplicate removal, clear, .txt import.
• Quick add from Online players, which also shows the group a player is already in.

Profiles

• Global groups plus each server's own groups. The editor shows which ones apply on the current server.
• Profile export and import as JSON.

Tab and HUD

• Three activation modes: hold Shift, hold a custom key (Left Alt by default, rebindable in Controls), or toggle with that key.
• Sorting inside groups: server order, name, or ping.
• AFK players: keep them in place, move them to the end, or hide them.
• Configurable separate HUD: position, columns, rows, avatars, and ping.
• World outlines are now set per group. They show only within line of sight and skip sneaking, invisible, and spectating players.
• Transparency for players outside your groups, with adjustable opacity. Sorting animation speed is adjustable too.

Notifications

• Join and leave messages for tracked players, full or compact [+] / [-], with separately toggled sounds.

Settings and reliability

• The main screen flags unsaved changes. Ctrl+S saves immediately from any nested screen.
• Atomic saves with a .bak backup, restored when the main file is corrupt or missing.
• Manual edits to the config file apply within about a second, no restart needed.
• The name dim color is set with dimColor in the config file.
• Faster on busy servers: group lookups use a prepared index, AFK status is checked once per tick, and no file I/O runs on the tick or render paths.

Client-side only. Mod Menu is optional and opens the settings screen.