Improves Minecraft's hotbar with smoother animations and more hotbar styles.
I highly recommend that you install Cloth Config to configure this mod to your liking.
Features
- Three hotbar styles to choose from
- Smooth scrolling and animations
- Hotkey to quickly peek at your inventory
- Configurable
- Client-side only (no server installation required)
- Works with hotbar keybinds
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Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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 betterhotbars-1.0.0-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 39 KB
- Download link checked 15 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.