Feature request: inline player head variable in chat messages

[RapidGravy]

Summary

Hi, I wanted to ask if there is or could be a supported way to let players post a player head inline in chat.

Example of what I mean: [head:Notch] or something similar, and it would render the player head in chat like the Image_Head format option does.

The reason I am asking is because on ChatControl 11.8.11 I noticed an accidental way this could happen. If a player named an item something like: /itemname <head:Notch> and then used the [item] variable while holding that item, ChatControl would parse that and render the player head in chat.

I patched the item variable so item names escape minimessage tags because I do not want item names to be able to inject minimessage into chat. That fixes the abuse side of it but the player head part was actually a nice feature. I just wish it was available in a more supported way instead of through item names.

I tried a simple rule like replacing: [head:Notch] with <head:Notch> but that did not work. The token just disappeared from the message so im guessing that Image_Head is only supported as a format part and not as inline message text?

Would it be possible to support an inline token like [head:playername] that renders a player head in normal chat messages? Maybe this is too out of scope for the current variable system, but a configurable message variable that can take a player name argument would also work.

The main goal is just to let players include player head icons in normal chat messages, without allowing general minimessage parsing or letting item names inject tags.

[kangarko]

Use <head:player>, a MiniMessage tag. it works everywhere a format Message or rule rewrite is parsed in ChatControl.

It is rendered as a native vanilla "object" chat component, so the client must be on MC 1.21.9+ to see the head; older clients see plain text.

Example, drop into formats/chat.yml, the player-name part:

player-name:
  Message: '<head:{player_name}:true> {player_nick}'
  Hover: '&7Click to message.'
  Suggest_Command: '/tell {player_name} '

The :true argument is the outer (hat) layer toggle, defaults to true. Players need chatcontrol.tag.action.head to use <head:> from their own messages, same as other action tags like <hover> / <click>.

This is different from the Image_Head format-part key, which draws an 8-line ASCII block from the skin texture and sits beside text, not inside it. <head:...> gives you the inline single-glyph head you wanted, no resource pack or extra plugin needed.

The item-name escape you did is correct regardless, item display names should never be a MiniMessage injection vector.

[kangarko]

Yeah I just tested on 21.6, worked fine, lemme know with a screenshot if the above wont do!

[RapidGravy]

That's perfect, thanks for pointing me in the proper direction. I have it working now by allowing minimessage/color in chat but restricting it to only heads via the permission.

[kangarko]

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