ztab 2.0.0

Added

• Animated TAB header and footer system
• Animated sidebar (side tab) system!Banner
• Custom player list name formatting
• Built-in placeholders with no PlaceholderAPI required
• Rank prefix and suffix formatting support
• Optional zSupportExtender integration
• /ztab status command
• /ztab reload command

Features

• Works on Paper 1.19+
• Lightweight TAB experience for modern servers
• Built-in placeholder support for player, server, economy, rank, and skill tokens
• Config-based rank styling for cleaner player list presentation
• Header/footer/sidebar are config-driven (no forced permanent text)

Fixed

• Removed permanent fallback tab text when config entries are empty
• Sidebar clears correctly when disabled or when no lines are configured
• Better reload behavior for live config updates

Notes

• ztab is designed to improve TAB list presentation without requiring PlaceholderAPI
• zSupportExtender is optional and can be used for wider compatibility workflows if needed
• Built for broad Paper compatibility with a simple setup flow

ztab Placeholder + Config Guide (No PlaceholderAPI Required)

Player Placeholders

• %player% - Player name
• %displayname% - Display name
• %uuid% - Player UUID
• %ping% - Player ping in ms
• %world% - Player's current world
• %x% %y% %z% - Player coordinates
• %health% - Player health
• %maxhealth% - Max health
• %hunger% - Player hunger
• %level% - Player level
• %exp% - Player XP
• %gamemode% - Player gamemode (SURVIVAL, CREATIVE, etc.)
• %vanished% - true/false if player is vanished
• %afk% - true/false if player is AFK
• %food% - Player food level
• %air% - Player remaining air
• %permission_<node>% - true/false if player has permission node

Server Placeholders

• %online% - Number of online players
• %max% - Maximum player slots
• %tps% - Server TPS
• %motd% - Server MOTD
• %time% - Server time
• %date% - Server date
• %version% - Server version
• %players_list% - Comma-separated list of online players
• %server% - Server name
• %load% - Server CPU/Memory load

Economy Placeholders

• %balance% - Player balance (Vault-compatible)
• %bank_balance% - Player bank balance
• %top_balance% - Top economy player
• %money_rank% - Player ranking by balance

Jobs / MMO / Skill Placeholders

• %jobs_level_<job>% - Player level in a specific job
• %skills_level_<skill>% - Player skill level
• %skill_points% - Player available skill points
• %quests_completed% - Player completed quests

Chat / Rank Placeholders

• %prefix% - Rank prefix (LuckPerms / EssentialsX / zRanks)
• %suffix% - Rank suffix
• %rank% - Player rank name
• %display_rank% - Formatted rank
• %custom_tag% - Custom tag string
• %tab_group% - ztab sorting group key

Color / Formatting Codes

• &0 Black
• &1 Dark Blue
• &2 Dark Green
• &3 Dark Aqua
• &4 Dark Red
• &5 Dark Purple
• &6 Gold
• &7 Gray
• &8 Dark Gray
• &9 Blue
• &a Green
• &b Aqua
• &c Red
• &d Light Purple
• &e Yellow
• &f White
• &k Obfuscated
• &l Bold
• &m Strikethrough
• &n Underline
• &o Italic
• &r Reset

Animation Ideas

• headerFrames / footerFrames: list of strings to cycle
• intervalTicks: animation speed (lower = faster)
• color wave, bold pulse, blink, scrolling text, fake gradient
• rotate placeholders each frame (%online%, %tps%, %ping%)

Example Header Animation

headerFrames:
  - "&6&lG&a&lA&f&lM&b&lE&6&lH&eo&fs&bt"
  - "&e&lG&f&lA&b&lM&d&lE&6&lH&fo&bs&t"
  - "&f&lG&b&lA&d&lM&5&lE&6&lH&bo&ds&t"
  - "&b&lG&d&lA&5&lM&6&lE&6&lH&do&5s&t"
  - "&d&lG&5&lA&6&lM&e&lE&6&lH&5o&6s&t"