Highlight

Highlight (ThatGravyBoat, highlight, v2.0.1) is a small visual-polish mod that replaces the rigid, boxy block-selection outline vanilla uses on certain blocks with shapes that actually follow the block’s real geometry — stairs, slabs, fences, and similar angled/partial blocks get a selection highlight that matches their model instead of a plain cube. It carries no user-facing configuration; it just changes rendering. Depends on Resourceful Lib (bundled) and ships an optional “Highlight Extended” companion resource pack for further-refined shapes. Note there is a separate, similarly-named Highlighter mod in this pack’s mods folder — that one is currently disabled (.jar.disabled) and is a different mod entirely.

Anticipated questions

  • What does this mod do? It replaces vanilla’s boxy block-selection outline with shapes that follow the block’s real geometry, so stairs, slabs, and fences get a highlight matching their model instead of a plain cube.
  • Is there anything to configure? No — it carries no user-facing configuration; it just changes rendering (with an optional “Highlight Extended” resource pack for further-refined shapes).
  • Is this the same as the “Highlighter” mod? No — a separate, similarly-named Highlighter mod is present in the pack but disabled; it’s a different mod entirely.