[MC-72687] There are no shadows on text displayed within the action bar

The Bug:

There are no shadows on text displayed within the action bar.

This is an issue because the text can be quite difficult to read, so having a shadow displayed on all text within the action bar would resolve this problem.

Steps to Reproduce:

Display some text on the action bar and look at it closely.

/title @a actionbar {"text":"MC-72687","color":"white"}

Take note as to whether or not there are any shadows on text displayed within the action bar.

Observed Behavior:

There are no shadows on text displayed within the action bar.

Expected Behavior:

There would be shadows on text displayed within the action bar.

Code Analysis:

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

Linked issues

is cloned by 1

MC-92012 Action Bar messages are barely visible Resolved

relates to 1

MC-240724 There are no shadows on text displayed within the subtitles overlay Resolved

Attachments

Capture d’écran 2014-10-04 à 20.36.20.png

MC-72687.mp4

Comments 30

Thijmen F 2014-10-06T15:07:11Z

its Cops and Crims on hypixel, isn't it? ;D

Could be a problem on their side, because its not the vanilla minecraft, but a "modded" server.

RaynLegends 2015-02-09T20:42:21Z

@Thijmen F

Sure, because servers control client-side text rendering...

Christie N 2015-02-09T21:01:21Z

The action bar doesn't exist in vanilla, therefore, not vanilla's problem.

RaynLegends 2015-02-09T22:44:10Z

@Carl Nathans

Yes, because that screen is a modded minecraft client... PLS. It IS minecraft. The action bar EXIXTS. Try to right click a Horse, for example.

Dlawso the Really Lucky Rabbit 2015-02-09T22:55:53Z

Carl is right. There is no action bar in vanilla Minecraft. The vanilla Minecraft equivalent is a tooltip which can be disabled in options.txt.

Invalid as it relates to a modified server.

20 more comments

kumasasa 2015-02-09T23:07:49Z

This ticket is invalid as it relates to a modified or 3rd party client, server, or launcher.

Any non-standard client/server/launcher build needs to be taken up with the appropriate team, not Mojang.
Any plugin issues need to be addressed to the creator of the plugin or resource pack.
This site is for addressing issues related to the base unmodded Minecraft; Bukkit, Forge, Optifine, or any other modded system invalidates your ticket, unless it can be shown to happen in Vanilla.
Additionally, if you have problems on large-scale modded servers, please report it to their site. It's probably not a bug in Vanilla Minecraft.

Squid Eevee 2015-02-09T23:33:45Z

The action bar is used when displaying the name of a song when a jukebox is used. Or is that something else?

RaynLegends 2015-02-10T15:31:09Z

http://i.imgur.com/rtXcFeV.png

Confirmed in Vanilla. Open the game before marking as "invalid".

kumasasa 2015-02-10T19:19:11Z

This is intended.
This feature is meant as a minimal message and it's less annoying to look without shadow.

wrimpl 2016-10-15T09:38:09Z

As of 16w32b shadow should be present because of command block contraptions which can use actionbar now.

user-f2760 2016-10-15T09:47:54Z

~~Agreed.~~

~~Reopening and letting a dev decide as action bar messages are barrely noticeable without shadows. (At least the command ones with colors.)~~

Edit:
Never mind: see the "is cloned by" link.

wrimpl 2016-10-15T10:17:50Z

I checked "is cloned by" link but there's nothing about text showing by "/title actionbar" command. Maybe it should be discussed?
I think that text showing by command blocks should be clearly readable. It's various text, not only few predefined sentences.

This could be as non-default, maybe as "/title actionbar withshadow" option.

W_V 2020-12-19T15:02:53Z

Confirmed in 20w51a.

Avoma 2021-01-23T11:17:24Z

Can confirm in 21w03a. You can use the following command to reproduce this issue:

/title @a actionbar {"text":"MC-72687","color":"dark_red"}

Avoma 2021-02-06T15:12:09Z

Can confirm in 21w05b.

Avoma 2021-02-12T14:33:43Z

Can confirm in 21w06a.

Avoma 2021-02-19T12:42:48Z

Can confirm in 21w07a. Video attached.

Avoma 2021-03-03T14:29:52Z

Can confirm in 1.16.5 and 21w08b.

Avoma 2021-03-29T14:11:01Z

Can confirm in 21w11a.

Avoma 2021-04-13T18:27:53Z

Can confirm in 21w14a.

Avoma 2021-05-01T14:28:43Z

Can confirm in 21w17a.

Avoma 2021-07-15T11:13:52Z

Can confirm in 1.17.1.

Avoma 2021-10-15T19:14:46Z

I'd like to request ownership of this ticket since the current reporter has been inactive since October 2014.

Avoma 2021-11-03T16:00:40Z

Can confirm this in 21w43a.

Avoma 2021-11-05T18:11:37Z

This ticket relates to MC-240722 and MC-240724.

Avoma 2021-11-17T19:25:21Z

This ticket also relates to MC-241520.

haykam 2022-06-05T16:11:57Z

Can confirm in 1.19 release candidate 2. One line fix in the InGameHud class (Yarn mappings):

// Current render call
textRenderer.draw(matrices, this.overlayMessage, (float)(-n / 2), -4.0f, k | m);

// Render call that draws the text shadow
textRenderer.drawWithShadow(matrices, this.overlayMessage, (float)(-n / 2), -4.0f, k | m);

Avoma 2022-06-15T17:38:08Z

This issue has been fixed in 22w24a.

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Emmie 2022-06-15T23:53:33Z

I have a concern with this being fixed in 22w24a, many datapack creators will use custom fonts with /title actionbar to display a custom HUD without the shadow getting in the way, this being fixed will leave no method to do this at the current moment

I'd suggest either the ability to enable/disable the shadow inside the /title command, or the ability to set a font to have a shadow or not have a shadow in the font's json file

ampolive 2022-07-29T15:27:54Z

Suggestions should be submitted to the Feedback website.