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Create: Addon Organizer

Create Addon organiser (Or CAO for short) makes create addons get sorted into the main "Create" tab in a style similar to create aeronautics, with tons of customisability.

35 config settings

Build 1.4.0 · checked 13 September 2026

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Config

  • Tab Absorption absorption — Which addon creative tabs get folded into the Create tab, and which Create tab each one goes to.
  • Animated Banner Textures animatedBanners — Marks a banner texture as an animated frame strip and sets its speed in game ticks. Managed by the banner editor's "Animated" checkbox and speed slider.
  • Appearance appearance — Banner, contrast-box, and title-text styling. Everything here is also editable visually from the banner editor.
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  • Banner Editor Preview On Top bannerEditorPreviewTop — Where the clickable banner preview sits in the banner editor: on top directly under the title, or at the bottom just above the OK/Cancel buttons.
  • Banner Manifest URL bannerManifestUrl — Where the online banner list is fetched from. Only used while Fetch Online Banners is on.
  • Per-Section Banner Images banners — Banner images for individual sections — an image overrides the section's color. Managed by the banner editor (Image mode).
  • Per-Section Box Colors boxColors — Contrast-box colors for individual sections, one "<tabId> = <hex>" entry each. The alpha channel controls opacity, e.g. "#AA39231C".
  • Text Banner Manifest URL boxManifestUrl — Where the online text-banner list is fetched from. Only used while Fetch Online Text Banners is on.
  • Per-Section Text Banners boxTextures — Text banner (contrast box) images for individual sections — an image overrides the section's box color. Managed by the box editor (Image mode).
  • Classic Organizer Menu classicOrganizerLayout — Use the classic (pre-1.3) organizer menu: centered column, an Edit button on every row, no search box or selection panel.
  • Default Scroll Cutoff defaultScrollCutoff — Default scroll cutoff as a fraction of the banner's available title width (1.0 = only scroll once text truly overflows; lower values make shorter titles scroll too). Per-section overrides below take precedence.
  • Banner Editor Hint Seen editorHintSeen — Set automatically after you first click a part of the banner preview in the editor. Turn this off to see the pulsing hint again.
  • Fetch Online Banners fetchOnlineBanners — Checks online once per game launch for new or updated community banners and credits. Turn off to stay fully offline; already-downloaded banners keep working either way.
  • Fetch Online Text Banners fetchOnlineBoxTextures — Checks online once per game launch for new or updated community text-banner (contrast box) textures. Turn off to stay fully offline; already-downloaded ones keep working either way.
  • Force-Exclude Tabs forceExclude — Tab IDs to never absorb — these mods keep their own standalone creative tab. Example: somemod:main
  • Force-Include Tabs forceInclude — Tab IDs to always absorb under the Create tab, even if their mod doesn't declare a Create dependency. Example: somemod:main
  • Picker Gradient Pixel Size gradientCellSize — Chunkiness (in GUI pixels) of the hue/saturation/value picker gradients in the banner editor. 1 is a smooth gradient; higher values look blockier/more pixel-art.
  • Main Tab Highlight Colors highlightColors — Optional accent color for main tabs only, one "<tabId> = <hex>" entry each. Tints that tab's row and its sub-section group line in the section list screen, for color-coding groups. Has no effect in-game. Managed by the "Highlight Color..." button in the section list's editor.
  • Panel Style indexPanelStyle — Visual style of the section-index jump list on Simulated-family addon tabs (e.g. Create: Aeronautics): Vanilla, Dark, Refurbished (Refurbished Furniture look), or Backport (Vanilla Backport look). Fancy Tab Sections' own tabs use FTS's built-in jump list instead.
  • Section Index Panel interface — The collapsible section-index jump list on the left of the creative screen.
  • Order & Names organization — Custom section ordering and renames, as saved by the section list screen.
  • Tab Routes routes — Send specific addon tabs to a different Create parent tab instead of the main one. Format: "<addonTab> > <parentTab>", e.g. "somemod:deco > create:palettes".
  • Per-Section Scroll Cutoffs scrollCutoffs — Scroll cutoff overrides for individual sections, one "<tabId> = <fraction>" entry each. Falls back to Default Scroll Cutoff when unset for a section -- managed from the banner editor's Primary text panel.
  • Per-Section Banner Colors sectionColors — Banner colors for individual sections, one "<tabId> = <hex>" entry each (e.g. "create:palettes = #6A8F3C"). Usually easier to edit from the banner editor.
  • Section Names sectionNames — Custom display names for sections, one "<tabId> = <name>" entry each. Managed by Ctrl+Clicking a row in the section list.
  • Section Order sectionOrder — The saved order of sections within each parent tab. Managed by dragging rows in the section list; sections not listed here append alphabetically.
  • Show Collapse Button showCollapseToggle — Show Fancy Tab Sections' built-in collapse/expand button on the right side of each section banner. Off by default since this mod's own banners aren't designed for it.
  • Sticky Section Banners stickySectionBanners — Pin each section's banner to the top of the creative screen while scrolling through its items, instead of it scrolling away with the rest of the content. Off by default.
  • Per-Section Text Colors textColors — Title text colors for individual sections, one "<tabId> = <hex>" entry each.
  • Per-Section Text Outline Colors textOutlineColors — Outline colors for individual sections, one "<tabId> = <hex>" entry each. An entry existing for a section is what enables its outline (off by default) -- managed from the banner editor's Outline panel.
  • Per-Section Secondary Text Colors textSecondaryColors — Secondary (bottom shade) title colors for individual sections. Only used while Two-Tone Shaded Text is on.
  • Tinted Text Box tintedTextBox — Draw a tinted contrast box behind each section title, so the text stays readable on any banner.
  • Default Title Text Shadow titleTextShadow — Default: draw section title text with the vanilla drop shadow. Per-section overrides below take precedence.
  • Per-Section Title Text Shadow titleTextShadowSections — Drop-shadow on/off overrides for individual sections, one "<tabId> = true" or "<tabId> = false" entry each. Falls back to Default Title Text Shadow when unset for a section -- managed from the banner editor's Shadow panel.
  • Two-Tone Shaded Text twoToneText — Shade section titles two-tone: the primary color on top of each glyph and the secondary color along the bottom, for an embossed look.

Requires

ModNeededVersions
create required [6.0,)
simulated optional [1.0,1.4)

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you rename a section in the organizer screen?

Hold Ctrl and click on any section entry in the organizer menu to enter a custom name.

How do you delete a section from a tab?

Hold Shift and click on the unwanted section to remove it from the consolidated tab.

What does Tab Absorption do?

It merges separate addon creative tabs into organized sub-sections inside the main Create creative menu to reduce tab clutter.

How do you save your custom tab arrangements?

Open the Presets menu within the organizer to save your current tab order, names, and color schemes as a reusable preset.

Can you use custom images for section banners?

Yes, the banner editor allows assigning custom per-section banner images or community-submitted artwork to any category header.

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