JAWA - Just Another WAILA Add-On
A comprehensive HUD overlay addon for Minecraft Bedrock Edition that tells you everything about whatever you're looking at — blocks, entities, containers, and more — in real time, without opening a single menu.
Author: Rob 'myGen' Hall
License: MIT
Minimum Engine Version: 1.21.0
Website: mygen.co.uk
What Does It Do?
Point at anything in the world and JAWA displays detailed information about it directly on your HUD. Blocks, mobs, dropped items, containers — if you can look at it, JAWA will tell you about it.
Features
- Block name with formatted display name
- Block states — all properties like direction, rotation, open/closed, powered state, growth stage, and more
- Redstone power level — current signal strength received by the block
- Harvesting tags — shows which tool and tier is required to mine the block, with visual feedback indicating whether you're holding the correct tool
- Namespace — shows the source addon/namespace (e.g.
Minecraft, or a custom addon name)
- Entity name — displays custom name tags and entity type
- Live portrait — a real-time rendered preview of the entity on the overlay
- Health bar — visual heart display supporting normal, poison, wither, and frozen heart styles. High-HP entities (>40 HP) automatically show a compact bar with numeric count
- Absorption hearts — golden hearts from the absorption effect shown separately
- Armour rating — total armour points from all equipped pieces
- Numeric health mode — optional compact display showing current HP, max HP, and percentage
- Status effects — all active effects with duration (MM:SS) and amplifier level (I, II, III, etc.). Supports 37 different effects
- Entity tags — contextual icons showing traits like baby, tamed, tameable, tradeable, rideable, and breedable, with the correct item displayed (e.g. wheat for cows, fish for cats, golden apple for horses)
- Invulnerable detection — entities with infinite health (like NPCs) have their health bar hidden automatically
Container Preview
See what's inside containers without opening them. Supported containers include:
| Block Containers | Entity Containers |
|---|
| Chests & Trapped Chests | Donkeys |
| Shulker Boxes (all colours) | Mules |
| Barrels | Llamas & Trader Llamas |
| Hoppers | Chest Minecarts |
| Droppers & Dispensers | Hopper Minecarts |
| Furnaces, Blast Furnaces & Smokers | |
| Brewing Stands | |
| Jukeboxes | |
| Copper Chests | |
- Up to 26 item slots displayed with item icons and stack counts
- Overflow indicator (+N) for containers with more items than can be displayed
- Jukeboxes show the name of the contained disc
- Light and Dark theme options for container backgrounds
Dropped Items
- Item name and namespace
- Item icon preview
Installation
- Download the
.mcaddon file (or import the JAWA_BP and JAWA_RP packs separately) - Apply both the Behaviour Pack and Resource Pack to your world
@minecraft/server v2.5.0@minecraft/server-ui v2.0.0
- Load into your world — JAWA will appear on your HUD automatically
Commands
| Command | Permission | Description |
|---|
/jawa:config | All Players | Opens the personal settings panel |
/jawa:admin | Operators Only | Opens the admin settings panel |
Player Settings (/jawa:config)
Every player can customise their own overlay experience. Settings are saved per-player and persist across sessions.
Display Settings
| Setting | Options | Default | Description |
|---|
| Enable JAWA Overlay | On / Off | On | Master toggle for the entire overlay |
| Display Position | 9 positions | Top Middle | Where the overlay appears on screen |
| Position When Sneaking | Unchanged / 9 positions | Unchanged | Move the overlay when sneaking, or keep it in place |
| Frame Style | 14 styles | Create | Visual theme of the overlay frame |
| Container Theme | Light / Dark / None | Dark | Background style for container previews |
| Frame Opacity | 0% – 100% (in 5% steps) | 75% | Transparency of the overlay background |
Block Settings
| Setting | Options | Default | Description |
|---|
| Block States | Always / When Sneaking / When Not Sneaking / Never | When Sneaking | Show block properties like direction, open/closed, etc. |
| Block Tags | Always / When Sneaking / When Not Sneaking / Never | Always | Show required tool type and tier icons |
| Container Inventory | Always / When Sneaking / When Not Sneaking / Never | When Sneaking | Preview contents of containers |
Entity Settings
| Setting | Options | Default | Description |
|---|
| Entity Health | Always / When Sneaking / When Not Sneaking / Never | Always | Show health hearts, absorption, and armour bars |
| Numeric Health Display | On / Off | Off | Replace the heart bar with compact numeric HP display |
| Entity Tags | Always / When Sneaking / When Not Sneaking / Never | Always | Show trait icons (tameable, baby, breed item, etc.) |
| Entity Effects | Always / When Sneaking / When Not Sneaking / Never | When Sneaking | Show active status effects with duration and level |
Misc
| Setting | Options | Default | Description |
|---|
| Namespace | Always / When Sneaking / When Not Sneaking / Never | Always | Show the source namespace below the name |
| Setting | Options | Default | Description |
|---|
| Update Interval | 1 – 10 ticks | 4 | How often the overlay refreshes. Lower = smoother but more CPU intensive. Higher = lighter on performance |
Admin Settings (/jawa:admin)
Server operators can configure default values for all settings and lock individual settings to prevent players from changing them. This is useful for servers that want a consistent experience or need to enforce specific display options.
- Default values — set what new players start with
- Lock toggle — when locked, all players are forced to use the admin-set default and the setting appears greyed out in their config panel
- Changing admin settings invalidates all player caches immediately
Frame Styles
JAWA includes 14 hand-crafted frame styles, each available with Light, Dark, or No container theme:
| Style | Description |
|---|
| Classic | Bedrock tooltip style |
| Create | Inspired by the Create mod |
| Legacy Console | Console Edition look |
| Elegant (Green) | Ornate green frame |
| Elegant (Blue) | Ornate blue frame |
| Elegant (Purple) | Ornate purple frame |
| Elegant (Gold) | Ornate gold frame |
| Stone | Stone texture frame |
| Wood | Wooden frame |
| Iron | Iron frame |
| Gold | Gold frame |
| Diamond | Diamond frame |
| Borderless (Light) | Minimal light frame |
| Borderless (Dark) | Minimal dark frame |
