How do the formatting codes work?

[Ynkelm]

Hello,

how do the formatting codes work on a sign? As soon as I activate it I can write in white with shift and §. Also it works somehow in red and cyan.

Is there a system behind it how it works?

[ChocoPie_isme]

it's a bukkit color code system, that's all i know lmao

[Ynkelm]

Yeah, normally u use §/& and a number 1-9 or afce for colors. But this dont work here.

[ChocoPie_isme]

@Ynkelm said in How do the formatting codes work?:

Yeah, normally u use §/& and a number 1-9 or afce for colors. But this dont work here.

it works in Chat.print or NameProtect fake name

[Ynkelm]

@ChocoPie_isme
I need it on Signs. Does it already work, when the Server dont allow them to use for normal Players?

[ultraskid]

Sign format needs permission on servers (if supports it)

[Ynkelm]

@ultraskid
Does it?
I can use red, cyan & white when I'm kind of typing on keyboard with shift. But im on Server Network, where i dont have any permission
.

[ultraskid]

@Ynkelm Yes, on signs if server use Essentials, needs essentials.signs.color and essentials.signs.format permissions

[scorpion3013]

There are minceraft versions where you can use cheats to write colored signs or even commands onto signs cause a check is missing.
1.8 -1.8.3 allow for that and also 1.12 as far as I know. But its patched by spigot/bukkit. So it only works on vanilla servers.