Minecraft GUI Detector

Detect when a player opens (almost) any GUI!

Contains example advancements (see here) and commands (see here) to detect when a player opens a given GUI.

Opening GUIs

Blocks

Block interactions can be detected using the item_used_on_block advancement trigger. The following blocks are supported:

• All shulker boxes
• All anvils
• All command blocks
• Crafting table
• Stonecutter
• Cartography table
• Smithing table
• Grindstone
• Loom
• Furnace, Smoker, Blast Furnace
• Enchantment table
• Brewing stand
• Beacon
• Chest, Trapped Chest, Ender Chest
• Barrel
• Dropper
• Dispenser
• Hopper
• Signs, Hanging Signs, Wall Signs (both placing and editing)
• Lectern (delayed by 1 tick if opened using a written/writable book)

Entities

The following entities are supported using the player_interacted_with_entity advancement trigger:

• Mules (not when player is riding)
• Donkeys (not when player is riding)
• Horses (not when player is riding)
• Llamas (not when player is riding)
• Chest boats (not when player is riding)
• Chest minecarts
• Hopper minecarts

Closing GUIs

Detecting closing of GUIs is not supported and needs to be implemented separately.

Unsupported GUIs

GUIs that cannot be detected:

• Horse/donkey/mule/llama inventory when player is riding
• Chest boat inventory when player is riding
• Player inventory

GUIs that are unreliable in singleplayer (non LAN) worlds:

• Written and writable books