Quick Start

Open the editor

You can open the AnkiNBT editor in two ways.

1

Main-hand item

• Hold an item in your main hand.

• Press N (default keybind; you can change it in Controls > AnkiNBT).

• The editor opens for that item.

2

Hovered item (inventory)

• Open your inventory (or any container screen).

• Hover the item you want to edit.

• Press N.

• The editor opens for the hovered item.

If you press N without holding or hovering an item, you will see: "No editable item".

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Editing modes

AnkiNBT provides two editing modes:

Mode	Best for	Description
Easy Mode	New users	A visual editor with categorized fields. Click to edit. No NBT knowledge needed.
Advanced Mode	Power users	A full NBT tree view. Edit any data component directly.

Use the toggle button at the top to switch modes anytime.

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Save changes

• Press Ctrl+S to save changes to the item.

• Saving is Creative-only.

• In other game modes, the editor is read-only.

• On success, you will see a green status message.

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Close the editor

• Press Esc to close.

• If you have unsaved changes, a confirmation dialog appears.

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Config file

The config file is located at .minecraft/config/ankinbt.json.

Setting	Default	Notes
openKeyCode	N	Key to open the editor
showAdvancedTags	false	Start in Advanced Mode by default
uiOpacity	0.85	UI background opacity (0.3 ~ 1.0)
treeExpandedByDefault	false	Auto-expand all nodes in Advanced Mode
nbtExportDir	ankinbt-config/save-nbt	NBT export directory
autoLoadLastNbt	true	Remember last opened NBT file
confirmOnClose	true	Warn on unsaved changes

The file is created on first launch.

Changes are saved automatically.