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/tellraw and /title command: the JSON text component

Unlike a plain chat message, /tellraw, /title, /subtitle and the action bar all take a JSON-formatted text component: an object carrying color, style, and, for chat, click and hover events. That same JSON format is the most common source of errors, because one unescaped quote inside the text breaks parsing for the whole command.

text, color, bold and the two event styles

A minimal text component is `{"text":"..."}`; color and style land as their own fields (`"color":"green"`, `"bold":true`), and several differently styled runs become a list under `"extra"`. Converting the coded text `&aServidor &lonline&r! &cClique aqui` plus a click-to-open-URL and hover text, /tellraw outputs `/tellraw @a {"text":"","extra":[{"text":"Servidor ","color":"green"},{"text":"online","color":"green","bold":true},{"text":"! "},{"text":"Clique aqui","color":"red"}],"click_event":{"action":"open_url","url":"https://jkit.tools"},"hover_event":{"action":"show_text","value":{"text":"Abrir site"}}}`.
Version 1.21.5 renamed the interactivity fields from camelCase to snake_case: `clickEvent` became `click_event` and `hoverEvent` became `hover_event`. Servers on that version or newer need the new name; earlier versions expect the old one. Running the same "run command" click through both formats, the legacy one outputs `{"action":"run_command","value":"/rules"}` (always the `value` field, whatever the action), while the modern one swaps the field name per action: `url` to open a link, `command` to run or suggest one, `value` only for copy-to-clipboard.
The classic mistake is typing the command by hand instead of pasting the generator's output: text with a literal quote, like `He said "hi"`, needs to become `{"text":"He said \"hi\""}` with a backslash escaping each inner quote, or the game's parser reads that quote as the end of the value and breaks the JSON mid-sentence. clickEvent and hoverEvent only work on /tellraw (chat); /title, /subtitle and the action bar accept color and style but ignore interactivity, which is why `/title @a title {"text":"Bem-vindo!","color":"gold"}` carries no click field.

Three real generated components

Colored message with click and hover, current format

Input: &aServidor &lonline&r! &cClique aqui, clique abre URL, hover "Abrir site"
Expected output: /tellraw @a {"text":"","extra":[{"text":"Servidor ","color":"green"},{"text":"online","color":"green","bold":true},{"text":"! "},{"text":"Clique aqui","color":"red"}],"click_event":{"action":"open_url","url":"https://jkit.tools"},"hover_event":{"action":"show_text","value":{"text":"Abrir site"}}}

The leading `"text":""` keeps the first run's style from bleeding into the rest; each colored chunk sits separately inside `"extra"`.

Gold title, no interactivity

Input: &6Bem-vindo!, comando /title, alvo @a
Expected output: /title @a title {"text":"Bem-vindo!","color":"gold"}

/title only takes text and style: there is no hover or click on a title, so the component comes out simpler than /tellraw's.

Quotes inside the text, escaped automatically

Input: Ele disse "oi"
Expected output: /tellraw @a {"text":"Ele disse \"oi\""}

The tool escapes the quote on its own; typing this by hand and forgetting the backslash is the most common cause of invalid JSON in /tellraw.

Full tool FAQ

What is a JSON text component?

It is the format Minecraft uses for formatted text in commands, books, signs and names. It describes the text and its styles (color, bold, italic, etc.) as structured JSON data, enabling combinations that simple § codes cannot achieve, including clickable text (clickEvent) and hover tooltips (hoverEvent). It is the basis of commands like /tellraw and /title.

What is the difference between /tellraw and /title?

Can I use hex colors?

Why copy just the JSON?

Does obfuscated text work here?

What do the targets @a, @p, @s, @e and @r mean?

What is the empty string at the start of the JSON array for?

Is my data sent to any server?

Frequently asked questions

Why does my /tellraw throw "Unexpected character" or a JSON error?

It is almost always an unescaped quote inside the text: any `"` that is part of the message must become `\"`, or the parser reads it as the end of the value and breaks the rest of the command.

What is the difference between clickEvent and click_event?

It is the same feature under two field names: `clickEvent` (camelCase) is the format used before 1.21.5, `click_event` (snake_case) is the format from that version onward. Using the wrong name makes the server ignore the click.

Can you put a click event on a /title?

No. clickEvent and hoverEvent only work on /tellraw, the chat command; /title, /subtitle and the action bar display only text and style, with no interactivity.

Is the click field always called "value"?

Only in the legacy format. In the current format, the name changes with the action: `url` to open a link, `command` to run or suggest a command, and `value` is reserved just for copy-to-clipboard.

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/tellraw and /title command: the JSON text component

text, color, bold and the two event styles

A minimal text component is `{"text":"..."}`; color and style land as their own fields (`"color":"green"`, `"bold":true`), and several differently styled runs become a list under `"extra"`. Converting the coded text `&aServidor &lonline&r! &cClique aqui` plus a click-to-open-URL and hover text, /tellraw outputs `/tellraw @a {"text":"","extra":[{"text":"Servidor ","color":"green"},{"text":"online","color":"green","bold":true},{"text":"! "},{"text":"Clique aqui","color":"red"}],"click_event":{"action":"open_url","url":"https://jkit.tools"},"hover_event":{"action":"show_text","value":{"text":"Abrir site"}}}`.

Version 1.21.5 renamed the interactivity fields from camelCase to snake_case: `clickEvent` became `click_event` and `hoverEvent` became `hover_event`. Servers on that version or newer need the new name; earlier versions expect the old one. Running the same "run command" click through both formats, the legacy one outputs `{"action":"run_command","value":"/rules"}` (always the `value` field, whatever the action), while the modern one swaps the field name per action: `url` to open a link, `command` to run or suggest one, `value` only for copy-to-clipboard.

The classic mistake is typing the command by hand instead of pasting the generator's output: text with a literal quote, like `He said "hi"`, needs to become `{"text":"He said \"hi\""}` with a backslash escaping each inner quote, or the game's parser reads that quote as the end of the value and breaks the JSON mid-sentence. clickEvent and hoverEvent only work on /tellraw (chat); /title, /subtitle and the action bar accept color and style but ignore interactivity, which is why `/title @a title {"text":"Bem-vindo!","color":"gold"}` carries no click field.

Three real generated components

Colored message with click and hover, current format

Input: &aServidor &lonline&r! &cClique aqui, clique abre URL, hover "Abrir site"
Expected output: /tellraw @a {"text":"","extra":[{"text":"Servidor ","color":"green"},{"text":"online","color":"green","bold":true},{"text":"! "},{"text":"Clique aqui","color":"red"}],"click_event":{"action":"open_url","url":"https://jkit.tools"},"hover_event":{"action":"show_text","value":{"text":"Abrir site"}}}

The leading `"text":""` keeps the first run's style from bleeding into the rest; each colored chunk sits separately inside `"extra"`.

Gold title, no interactivity

Input: &6Bem-vindo!, comando /title, alvo @a
Expected output: /title @a title {"text":"Bem-vindo!","color":"gold"}

/title only takes text and style: there is no hover or click on a title, so the component comes out simpler than /tellraw's.

Quotes inside the text, escaped automatically

Input: Ele disse "oi"
Expected output: /tellraw @a {"text":"Ele disse \"oi\""}

The tool escapes the quote on its own; typing this by hand and forgetting the backslash is the most common cause of invalid JSON in /tellraw.

Full tool FAQ

What is a JSON text component?

What is the difference between /tellraw and /title?

Can I use hex colors?

Why copy just the JSON?

Does obfuscated text work here?

What do the targets @a, @p, @s, @e and @r mean?

What is the empty string at the start of the JSON array for?

Is my data sent to any server?

Frequently asked questions

Why does my /tellraw throw "Unexpected character" or a JSON error?

It is almost always an unescaped quote inside the text: any `"` that is part of the message must become `\"`, or the parser reads it as the end of the value and breaks the rest of the command.

What is the difference between clickEvent and click_event?

Can you put a click event on a /title?

No. clickEvent and hoverEvent only work on /tellraw, the chat command; /title, /subtitle and the action bar display only text and style, with no interactivity.

Is the click field always called "value"?

Only in the legacy format. In the current format, the name changes with the action: `url` to open a link, `command` to run or suggest a command, and `value` is reserved just for copy-to-clipboard.