Visual Identification (VisualID)

VisualID is a lightweight server-side WAILA/Jade-style plugin for Paper that shows players what block or entity they are looking at.

It displays target information directly in the actionbar, with no client mod required.

!VisualID showing block identification in-game

Features

• Server-side block and entity identification
• No client mod required
• Actionbar HUD
• Per-player toggle
• Configurable display sections
• Optional one-shot lookup command
• Entity health display with color coding
• Block coordinates, biome, and light-level options
• Simple permissions for normal players and admins

Requirements

• Paper 1.21.4
• Java 21

Commands

Command	Description	Permission
/visual-id	One-shot lookup for the block/entity you are looking at	visualid.use
/visual-id toggle	Enable or disable your personal HUD	visualid.toggle
/visual-id status	Show your HUD state and enabled display sections	visualid.use
/visual-id config <section> enable|disable	Toggle a display section and save the config	visualid.reload
/visual-id reload	Reload the config from disk	visualid.reload

Example:

/visual-id config biome enable