The bug
Clouds, item and block displays, and semi-transparent blocks and entities don't render behind text displays. This occurs even in Fabulous! graphics settings.
[media]Linked issues
is duplicated by 4
MC-261087
Entities sometimes don't render behind the new Text Display entities
Resolved
MC-261139
Text display background has incorrect transparency sorting
Resolved
MC-261892
The text shows the physical through the billboard, but the signboard cannot be displayed
Resolved
MC-268748
semi-transparent blocks, and blocks with special renderers do not render behind the text display background
Resolved
relates to 4
MC-265743
Entities, block entities, clouds and semi-transparent blocks are always rendered in front of text displays with see_through enabled
Reopened
MC-260533
Water and other semi-transparent blocks do not render behind semi-transparent block display when graphics are set to Fast or Fancy
Resolved
MC-186538
Clouds, transparent entities, and particles render behind water when looking through transparent blocks
Open
MC-222559
Block hitboxes and entity hitboxes don’t render behind semi-transparent entities
Open
Attachments
Comments 16
Same root cause as MC-162693.
Can confirm 1.20-pre6
This is still a major issue. Using ArmorStands for "holograms" is still a better option if you want to have a semi-transparent background, as you can't see any entities as well as several block types through text displays. Armorstand nametags are not affected.
I can confirm this is still an issue on 1.21.4. This bug kills a lot of fun features that could be implemented with Text Displays. I’ve recently been trying to make “dyeable” item frames with Text Displays and it works when you first spawn a Text Display in, but if you leave the area and come back, then this bug occurs. I’ve attached two pictures, the first one is what it should look like and the second one is when this bug occurs.
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Probably caused by MC-186538 or a similar bug.