[MC-26757] Large item tooltips can get cut off at the edges of the screen

The Bug:

Large item tooltips can get cut off at the edges of the screen.

Steps to Reproduce:

Give yourself an item that has a large tooltip.

/give @s minecraft:dirt{display:{Lore:["{\"text\":\"MC-26757 MC-26757 MC-26757 MC-26757 MC-26757 MC-26757 MC-26757 MC-26757 MC-26757 MC-26757\"}"]}}

Hold your mouse cursor over the item in order for its tooltip to be displayed.
Take note as to whether or not large item tooltips can get cut off at the edges of the screen.

Observed Behavior:

Item tooltips can get cut off at the edges of the screen.

Expected Behavior:

Item tooltips would not get cut off at the edges of the screen.

Code Analysis:

Code analysis by @unknown can be found in this comment.

Linked issues

relates to 1

MC-253053 Tooltips are cut off at the bottom of the screen Resolved

Attachments

MC-26757.mp4

Comments 31

Fredghostkyle 2013-07-20T19:20:26Z

not exactly a bug, would be nice if that gets added.

ggxl 2014-06-26T18:16:19Z

This annoys me so much (especially on servers that have items with long lores).

A temporary workaround is to resize your window temporarily. I think making the window shorter is the way to go.

galaxy_2alex 2014-10-25T18:50:59Z

This is more like a feature request, also Incomplete because abandoned.

shenziro 2015-08-29T14:20:18Z

Its is also present in the latest stable version (1.8.8).
Also IMHO this should not be treated as a feature request, because its a game defect.

To prove it, I will add two screenshots.

Torabi 2015-08-30T11:10:29Z

@unknown, I've given you the issue, you're welcome to update and improve it.

21 more comments

wobst.michael 2016-10-21T19:38:20Z

Is this still an issue in the most recent versions (currently that is 1.10.2, or 16w42a) of Minecraft? If so, please update the affected versions and help us keeping this ticket updated from time to time.

Terrasina 2017-01-15T15:39:15Z

The issue appears to be fixed in only the specific instance shown in the first image from Timothy Swan. It isn't fixed in regards to long lore text, as in the second and third image from shenziro, or for other potions items. I tried it in both 1.11 and 1.11.2 and text often appears off the screen.

Oval 2018-09-17T01:57:56Z

Confirmed for 1.13.1.

Capopanzone 2020-11-05T13:56:35Z

This can be seen with waxed slightly weathered cut copper stairs in the creative inventory using the default windowed resolution and the default GUI size. The name is quite long, so the tooltip gets moved to the left - too bad there's also not enough room on the left and thus it appears cut off. A possible fix would be moving the tooltip below the cursor if there's also not enough room on the left. Note that the name "Waxed Slightly Weathered Cut Copper Stairs" is fine and not the issue here, and it can't really be shortened without losing information about the block.

user-f2760 2020-11-07T20:32:14Z

Confirmed for 20w45a and 1.16.4.

Avoma 2020-12-23T11:05:42Z

Can confirm in 20w51a.

Avoma 2021-01-28T14:47:23Z

Can confirm in 21w03a.

Capopanzone 2021-01-29T19:54:46Z

For comparison, this is how long tooltips are handled in Bedrock. If there's not enough room on the left it gets centered over the pointer.

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Avoma 2021-02-06T11:55:49Z

Can confirm in 21w05b.

Avoma 2021-02-12T13:32:32Z

Can confirm in 21w06a.

Avoma 2021-02-18T19:23:14Z

Can confirm in 21w07a.

Avoma 2021-03-29T12:35:46Z

Can confirm in 21w11a.

Avoma 2021-04-11T10:47:14Z

Can confirm in 21w14a.

Avoma 2021-04-30T16:28:29Z

Can confirm in 21w17a.

Avoma 2021-06-17T10:37:41Z

Can confirm in 1.17.

Avoma 2021-07-13T15:52:24Z

Can confirm in 1.17.1.

Avoma 2021-10-02T18:33:15Z

I'd like to request ownership of this ticket since the current reporter has been inactive for over a year. I'm willing to keep this ticket updated and will continue to provide all of the necessary details.

user-f2760 2021-10-02T19:00:21Z

Should be worth noting bedrock edition does the following:
1. if enough space, align top left with cursor
2. if not enough space right, but enough space left, align top right with cursor
3. if not enough space only right or only left, aligns top center with cursor

Java is only missing the 3rd one.

Avoma 2022-01-01T14:26:07Z

Can confirm in 1.18.1.

Avoma 2022-03-30T13:31:57Z

Can confirm in 1.18.2 and 22w12a.

isXander 2022-04-04T16:15:09Z

Code analysis

Based on 1.18.2 yarn with custom local var names

private void renderTooltipFromComponents(MatrixStack matrices, List<TooltipComponent> components, int mouseX, int mouseY) {
    // ...
    if (x + width > this.width) {
        x -= 28 + width;
    }

    if (y + height + 6 > this.height) {
        y = this.height - height - 6;
    }
}

This is the code to position the tooltip box. Another check should be added to center it.

For example

if (x < 0) {
    x = mouseX - width / 2 - 6
}

user-f2760 2022-06-11T08:29:35Z

Also affects many lines above eachother.

Avoma 2022-10-26T14:28:43Z

This issue was fixed in 22w42a and is no longer a problem.

marcono1234 2022-10-26T19:53:49Z

It looks like Minecraft since 22w42a moves the hover text to the left border of the screen when there would otherwise not be enough space.

@@unknown, it looks like the general issue described in this report ("large item tooltips can get cut off") can still occur when Minecraft does not wrap the text (which is the case here for item names, as shown in the reproduction steps). But that might be a separate issue, and possibly the Mojang developers might consider that a feature request.

isXander 2022-11-07T17:48:25Z

This should be re-opened as the vanilla fix is awful.

For people who don't know, in the snapshots, tooltips now just aren't allowed to go off-screen to the left so simply blocks the view of the cursor and can still go off-screen if a line is longer than the screen width.

Not to mention this fix does nothing on the y axis, and tooltips with a lot of lines end up going off-screen at the top.

user-f2760 2022-11-07T18:09:14Z

In that case it is up to the user to move the text to a new line; the new behavior matches bedrock edition.

For the vertical issue, I suggest you create a new report.