Visual Workbench

About the Mod

The Visual Workbench mod completely transforms how you interact with crafting tables in Minecraft. Items you place in the crafting grid now remain inside the workbench even after closing the interface. When you break the block, all items drop to the ground as expected. But the most exciting feature is that crafting ingredients and the resulting item are displayed right on top of the workbench surface! This creates an incredibly realistic and visually appealing effect.

Installation

⚠️ REQUIRED ON CLIENT & REQUIRED ON SERVER

⚠️ REQUIRES PUZZLES LIB TO BE INSTALLED (FABRIC & NEOFORGE)

⚠️ REQUIRES FABRIC API TO BE INSTALLED (FABRIC)

⚠️ REQUIRES FORGE CONFIG API PORT TO BE INSTALLED (FABRIC)

Configuration

If the mod supports settings, they can be adjusted directly in-game through the mod menu (requires installation of Mod Menu by Prospector for Fabric). On older Minecraft versions, installation of Forge Config Screens may also be required.

For manual configuration using a text editor, all configuration files are located in the .minecraft/config folder and are named MOD_ID-client.toml, MOD_ID-common.toml, or MOD_ID-server.toml depending on the configuration type. Not all file types may be present for every mod.

Credits

🌟 Thanks to Prototik for the original idea and most of the rendering code from their RealBench mod.

🌟 Thanks to Tfarecnim for the Just Enough Items plugin code from their Crafting Station mod.

🌟 Thanks to Daomephsta from the Fabric Discord community for guidance on implementing support for modded crafting tables on Fabric.