Minecraft Tellraw Generator

This generator builds /tellraw chat messages from coloured, styled parts with optional click actions and hover text. You get three commands at once: Java 1.21.5 and later (including 26.x), Java 1.20.5–1.21.4, and Bedrock Edition.

How to use it

1. Choose who gets the message: @a (everyone), @p, @s, @r, or a player name.
2. Type the text for the first part, then set its colour and style. The styles are bold, italic, underlined, strikethrough and obfuscated.
3. Optionally give the part a click action and hover text.
4. Press Add part to add more pieces with different styles. Parts are joined with no space, so put spaces inside the text.
5. Check the chat preview (hover over parts to see their tooltips), then copy the command for your version.

Java 1.21.5 and later: SNBT

From Java 1.21.5, text components are written in SNBT. The keys have no quotes:

/tellraw @a {text:"I am blue",color:"blue"}

Click and hover events were renamed to click_event and hover_event. Each click action has its own field:

Hover text uses hover_event:{action:"show_text",value:"..."}.

Java 1.20.5 to 1.21.4: JSON

Before 1.21.5, the message is JSON with quoted keys, and the events are called clickEvent and hoverEvent:

/tellraw @a {"text":"Hover me!","hoverEvent":{"action":"show_text","contents":"Hi!"}}

The tool adds the leading / to run-command actions in this format, because the older format needs it.

Multiple parts

With more than one part, the tool writes a list that starts with an empty string: ["",{...},{...}]. Each part keeps its own style. Without the empty first element, the first part's style would carry over to all the others.

Bedrock Edition: rawtext and § codes

Bedrock uses a different format:

/tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"text":"§9I am blue"}]}

Colours and styles are written as § codes inside the text. The tool converts each part:

• The 16 named colours become §0 to §f. For example, §6 is gold and §b is aqua.
• Bold is §l, italic is §o and obfuscated is §k.
• Hex colours become the closest of the 16 named colours.
• Underline and strikethrough are dropped. On Bedrock, §m and §n are colours, not styles.
• Click and hover events are dropped, because Bedrock doesn't support them in chat.

On Bedrock, formatting carries over after a colour code, so the tool adds §r (reset) at the start of each part that follows a styled one.

The 16 colours

black, dark_blue, dark_green, dark_aqua, dark_red, dark_purple, gold, gray, dark_gray, blue, green, aqua, red, light_purple, yellow and white. On Java you can also use any hex colour, such as #FF8800.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use /tellraw in Minecraft?

Type /tellraw, a target such as @a and a text component, for example /tellraw @a {text:"Hello",color:"gold"} in Java 1.21.5 and later. Older Java versions use JSON with quoted keys, and Bedrock uses a rawtext list. The generator writes all three versions at once.

Why doesn't my clickable text work?

Check that you copied the command for your version. 1.21.5 and later need click_event with the new field names, while older versions need clickEvent. URLs must start with http:// or https://.

How do you make colored text with tellraw on Bedrock?

Bedrock uses § codes inside the text, such as §6 for gold or §b for aqua, with §l for bold and §o for italic. Hex colors aren't supported, so the generator swaps them for the closest named color. Click and hover events don't work in Bedrock chat.

Can players run any command by clicking?

No. A click runs the command as the player who clicks, with that player's permissions. Chat-sending commands like /say can't be run from a click.

Does change page work in chat?

No. The change page action only works in written books.

Why is my tellraw message too long for chat?

The chat box takes 256 characters. Longer commands go in a command block, which accepts up to 32,500.