Sign Preview

Calls something that is on Kiln's roadmap. Parts of it may already run.

Evidence

Ran on Kiln's test stand (2026-11-04): 1140 ticks with errors, first: a HUD element threw java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'boolean net.minecraft.client.KeyMapping.isDown()'.

What it needs from Kiln

Mixin
com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.Window
net.minecraft.client.gui.font.TextFieldHelper
net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.inventory.HangingSignEditScreen
net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.inventory.SignEditScreen
net.minecraft.client.renderer.MapRenderer
net.minecraft.client.renderer.state.MapRenderState
net.minecraft.util.Mth
net.minecraft.world.entity.decoration.ItemFrame
net.minecraft.world.level.block.SignBlock
net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity
net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.HangingSignBlockEntity
net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.SignBlockEntity
net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.SignTextSlot
net.minecraft.world.level.saveddata.maps.MapItemSavedData
net.minecraft.world.phys.EntityHitResult
net.minecraft.world.phys.HitResult.Type
org.apache.commons.lang3.function.Consumers
org.apache.commons.lang3.function.Predicates
org.apache.commons.lang3.function.Suppliers
KeyMapping.isDown()
Minecraft.getCameraEntity()
Minecraft.getMapRenderer()
Minecraft.getWindow()
Minecraft.isTextFilteringEnabled()
GuiGraphicsExtractor.map()
GuiGraphicsExtractor.pose()
ClientLevel.getBlockEntity()
ClientLevel.getMapData()
Entity.getEyePosition()
HitResult.getType()

On the roadmap: Minecraft's libraries and client API (0.2), Code next to data (0.3), Machines (0.4), Mixin (0.5)

In the author's words

Preview the sign (and the map in an item frame) you are looking at

Scan

Scanned on 4 November 2026 against Kiln 0.2.0, file signpreview-fabric-mc26.3-1.0.0.jar. The scan reads the mod's classes; it does not run them.

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