Chat Highlighting
Highlight keywords in the Minecraft chat!
Installing
- Get the most recent RELEASE
- Launch forge 1.8.9 with the mod
- Run /highlighting to configure
How to use
- Enable / Disable the config to reset / highlight EVERY previous message!
- In the word field, use this syntax:
("word_to_be_highlighted";colorcode;optionalformatting) - Seperate multiple with ; example:
("word";6);("notword";1;l)
Features
- Constant updates
- Saves your time by automatically highlighting your own keywords into the chat
- Rehighlight / Unhighlight previous messages
- Hide your name (useful when streaming): just do
("IGN";k)
Screenshots
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.8.9
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as Chat_Highlighting-1.8.9-forge-1.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 58 KB
- Download link checked 20 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.