Commands/tellraw

tellraw
Permission level required	2 ‌ 1 ‌
Restrictions	None

Not to be confused with Commands/tell or Commands/say.

This article is about the command that sends JSON messages. For the command to whisper, see Commands/msg.

Sends a JSON message to players.

Syntax

• Java Edition

tellraw <targets> <message>

• Bedrock Edition

tellraw <target: target> <raw json message: json>

Arguments

JE: <targets>: entity
BE: target: target: CommandSelector<Player>

Specifies the player(s) to send the message to.

Must be a player name, a target selector or a UUID‌. And the target selector must‌/should‌ be of player type.

JE: <message>: component
BE: raw json message: json: Json::Value

Specifies the message to send.

Must be a raw JSON text.

Result

Command	Trigger	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition
any	the arguments are not specified correctly	Unparseable	Unparseable
	player: target is not in player type	N/A	Failed
	<targets> or player: target fails to resolve to one or more online players	Failed
	Otherwise	Successful

Output

Command	Edition	Situation	Success Count	/execute store success ...	/execute store result ...
any	Java Edition	On fail	0	0	0
		On success	1	1	the number of targeted players
	Bedrock Edition	On fail	0	N/A	N/A
		On success	1	N/A	N/A

Examples

• To send the message "Hello" in chat:
  • /tellraw @a "Hello"‌
  • /tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"text":"Hello"}]}‌
• To send the message "I am blue" colored blue in chat:
  • /tellraw @a {"text":"I am blue","color":"blue"}‌
  • /tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"text":"§bI am blue"}]}‌
• To send the message "Hover me!" in chat, which displays the text "Hi!" when hovered over:
  • /tellraw @a {"text":"Hover me!","hoverEvent":{"action":"show_text","value":"Hi!"}}‌
• Use '\n' to insert a new line:
  • /tellraw @a "Text1\nText2"‌
  • /tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"text":"Text1\nText2"}]}‌
• Display a message in the Enchantment Table's glyphs:
  • /tellraw @a {"text":"Hello World","font":"alt"}‌
• Display a message in the illager runes:
  • /tellraw @a {"text":"Hello World","font":"illageralt"}‌

History

For changes to the raw JSON text used by this command, see Raw JSON text format § History.

Java Edition
1.7.2		13w37a			Added /tellraw.
1.18		21w37a			Added illageralt.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Added /tellraw.

See also

• /say — send a plain text message to all players
• /tell — send a plain private text message to specific players

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