Rawtext

Introduction ​

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Rawtexts are used to send and display rich text to players. This can be used in a /tellraw or /titleraw command.

Inside the squared brackets [], this is where you will list multiple text objects of your choice.

{"rawtext":[]}

You can combine components by adding a comma , at the end of a component.

Text Component ​

Displays a text. Used inside the quotation marks.

Syntax:

{"text" :"<Your Text Here>"}

Example:

Send a "Hello everyone!" message to all players in chat:

/tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"text":"Hello everyone!"}]}

Breaks, Line Breaks, And Unicodes ​

1. Breaks are accessed as \ and are used in order to use quotation marks " within components. Example:

/tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"text":"He said, \"I like apples\"..."}]}
#Output in chat:
#    He said, "I like apples"...

2. Line breaks are used as \n to go down a line. Example:

/tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"text":"Hello\nNext line"}]}
#Output in chat:
#    Hello
#    Next line

3. Unicodes provides a unique number that displays an icon/emoji. Example:

/tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"text":"\u263a"}]}

• Output in chat:
  • 

Note: the unicode symbol will display as it's corresponding icon/emoji in Minecraft only.

For more info and the full list of unicodes available in Bedrock, refer to the Emojis & Symbols page.

Selector Component ​

Displays the name of a target of your choice. Target Selector arguments are allowed.

Syntax:

{"selector":"<target>"}

Examples:

1. Send name of all players in chat:

/tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"selector":"@a"}]}

2. Send name of all players tagged 'winner' in chat:

/tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"selector":"@a [tag=winner]"}]}

Score Component ​

Displays a score from a scoreboard objective.

Syntax:

{"score":{"name":"<name>", "objective":"<score>"}}

• name - This can be any selector like @p or a player's name.
  • You can also use the * wildcard to display the reader's own score.
• objective - The name of the scoreboard you want to display the score from.

Both are required when using the score component.

Examples:

1. Display the points score of the closest player in chat:

/tellraw @a {"rawtext" :[{"score":{"name":"@p","objective":"points"}}]}

2. Display the money score of the reader in chat:

/titleraw @a title {"rawtext":[{"score":{"name":"*","objective":"money"}}]}

Translate Component ​

Allows creators to display localized text to users. The list of the strings to translate is inside in the language files. Refer to Text & Translations page for more info.

Syntax:

{"translate":"<string>"}

Example:

/tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"translate":"multiplayer.player.joined"}]}
#Output in chat:
#    %s joined the game

In the example above, it outputs "%s joined the game". For a name to appear instead of %s, with needs to be specified as well. Requires an array [] instead of curly brackets {}

/tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"translate":"multiplayer.player.joined", "with": ["Steve"]}]}
#Output in chat:
#    Steve joined the game

%%s ​

translate and %s can be used without a matching string in the localization files. For example:

/tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"translate":"Hello %%s", "with":["Steve"]}]}
#Output in chat:
#    Hello Steve

Multiple %%s ​

%%s can be used multiple times. They are filled in the order as shown.

/tellraw @a {"rawtext":{"translate":"Hello %%s and %%s", "with":["Steve","Alex"]}]}
#Output in chat:
#    Hello Steve and Alex

Ordering with %%# ​

The order to fill in %s can be changed by replacing s with a number at the end. For example, to swap the position of Steve and Alex in the above example:

/tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"translate":"Hello %%2 and %%1", "with":["Steve","Alex"]}]}
#Output in chat:
#    Hello Alex and Steve

And instead of an array, you can use a rawtext component, like so.

/tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"translate":"Hello %%s and %%s","with": {"rawtext":[{"text":"Steve"},{"translate":"item.apple.name"}]}}]}
#Output in chat:
#    Hello Steve and Apple