SimpleTabColors
SimpleTabColors
A lightweight that adds permission-based colors to your tab list.
To have a player or group get a special color in the list, simply give them a permission that looks something like simpletabcolors.[color code]. For example, the permission simpletabcolors.4 applied to your admins group would give them a dark red name in the tab list.
This was designed to be a lightweight, permission-based plugin. It's less than 30 lines of code, and will remain working with future Bukkit/Minecraft updates for the foreseeable future with no updates required. Don't be worried if it hasn't been updated for 6 months!
Permissions
- simpletabcolors.[color code]: Gives the player with the permission a name in the tab list that is colored with the given color code.
The * Node Issue/Solution
If you have a permissions plugin that allows you to have a * node permission, this will give you all permissions, including the permissions for all the colors in the tab list. The first permission it finds will be used, which means if you have the star node, you'll usually have black.
When using the * node, you'll want to negate the permissions for all the colors you don't want until you get to the color you want. For example, in bPermissions, you negate permissions by using a minus sign in front of the permission. That might make your permissions look something like this:
- * - -simpletabcolors.1 # Negate every color you don't want. - -simpletabcolors.2 - -simpletabcolors.3 - simpletabcolors.4 # This one isn't negated because you want the dark red color (4).
You only have to negate permissions if you have or inherit the * node. The plugin should work fine under all other circumstances.
Screenshot

-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 12, 2013@Builder874
The same way you would any other color.
@TheFitSoldier
Try it and see!
@S1lverK3y
This will be included in the next update.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 11, 2013How do you get light blue/aqua to work?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 20, 2013Will this work with this plugin: http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/mytablist/
Like I want a custom tab list to begin with, but all donators see their name in color as a plus. Possible if I combine this and MyTablist?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 20, 2013Could you make the lenght configurable when the "..." effect takes place?
Would make this masterpiece even more awesome.
Great plugin though, simple, lightweight, clean and clever.
Regards,
S1lver
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 18, 2013@bwinkl04
This is not possible with the Bukkit API.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 18, 2013This is pretty great, I have been using it for a while now. Can I make only one request? Can you add a feature to sort the players by rank? so the permission would be something like:
- simpletabcolors.[color code].[rank]
or even separate permissions such as:
- simpletabcolors.[color code]
- simpletabcolors.[rank]
And the lower the rank number, the higher the post in tab. i.e. a player with a rank of 1 would be above a player with a rank of 2.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 16, 2013@zyxep
I'm using inherited groups with PermissionsBukkit just fine. Be sure to set the previous group to not have the permission for the other color.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 16, 2013it doesn't work with inherited groups .
I have a default group called Member with a color.
Then i have a group called VIP it is inheritanced group "member" and the VIP has a color.
and so on, my group "owner" has "simpletabcolors.8" but my name is green :S. im using GroupManager.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 1, 2013Dont work for my my name is black, i'am 1.5.1 :s
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Mar 29, 2013any one whom has the issue with pex superperm node just add( - -simpletabcolors.<color codes you dont want>) for all the colors you dont want before the superperm (- '*') node
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Mar 29, 2013@chaseoes
maybe for the similar names thing you could just add a nick name system to the tab list and allow the server owners to take care of the issues since i see no reason that what happened to @indigodistrict to actually happen but until a issue in the code is found that could be a simple fix.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Mar 26, 2013@chaseoes
I honestly have no clue though :/ There has to be some way, right?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Mar 26, 2013Would it be at all possible to only use two characters when applying the color?
What I mean is ten characters is pretty rough when shortening names...
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Mar 26, 2013@valerastar
This works fine on 1.5.1.
@deleted_9935739
I'm still waiting for a non-smartass response on what you want me to do about it. :)
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Mar 26, 2013Please make plugin for 1.5(1) I want it for my server
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Mar 24, 2013Is there any plan on making it so 2 players with a similar name can join together without causing a crash?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Mar 23, 2013Nice plugin. Very helpful!
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Mar 22, 2013Could you make it so if a player has a nickname on the server it shows there nickname instead?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Mar 22, 2013@bebosny
Other plugins allow you to do this.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Mar 22, 2013Hello, Could you add a feature that allows you to put in custom lines and parameters I'm sure alot of people would like that. Here is a example http://imgur.com/DZ8A37Y