


🔍 Basic Chest Search
Basic Chest Search is a lightweight, client-side utility mod for Minecraft (Fabric) that adds a powerful search bar to container interfaces such as chests, shulker boxes, and bundles. Save time and find your items instantly!
✨ Search Features
- Item Names: Search by display names.
- Tag Support: Use the
#prefix to search for item tags (e.g.,#logs). - Enchantments: Find items based on their enchantments or levels.
- Recursive Search: Automatically search inside Bundles and Nested Containers (e.g., shulker boxes inside a chest).
⌨️ Controls
- Toggle Search Bar: Press
T(default key) to show or hide the search bar. - Quick Clear: Double-click inside the search bar to empty the input field immediately.
⚙️ Configuration (Optional)
If you have Cloth Config and Mod Menu installed, you can customize the following settings:
- Search Mode: Choose how the search results are displayed:
SORT: Moves matches to the front and hides non-matching items.DARKEN: Dims non-matching items to highlight your results.DISABLED: Completely disables the search bar functionality.
- Keep Search: Retain your search text even after closing and reopening a container.
- Auto-Focus: Automatically focus the search bar the moment you open a container.
- Detach bar: Decouple the search bar from the inventory window for a custom layout.
📦 Requirements
- Fabric Loader
- Fabric API
- Recommended: Cloth Config & ModMenu (to access the settings menu)
📜 Credits
- CGCM
📄 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.9, 1.21.10
- 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 basicchestsearch-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 112 KB
- Download link checked 6 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.