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(Bedrock Parity) Custom UIs for Java

As I've been working on a minigames server, there's only so many choices when you want to display something and most places you want to display something it has to be text and being able to display an image or add some buttons that aren't just Items in a chest UI. I think that's really the only thing I really like from the bedrock side of things as it give a lot more control over what you want and reduces the need for a super large UI that displays non important things (Like your Inventory).

Some nice additions that I think would be useful related to Custom UIs to the Java Server Community: Sliders, Buttons, Dynamic Streaming/Loading of audio/(or just a better way of seamlessly applying a resource pack that only contains sounds or such, unloading of resource packs without sending a blank one from the server).

This of course doesn't have to be exclusive to servers as it could integrated into data packs so you don't have rely on using commands so much.

I'm sure a lot more could be added on top of this but this is just a kind of basic set of things I think should be added related to custom ui's.

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    I was thinking about posting this very same thing!

    I've actually already thought of how this could be implemented.

    Currently, in Java Edition, Screens are hardcoded, meaning they can only be added or modified through client-side mods. In contrast, Bedrock Edition defines its UI in resource packs, allowing screens to be added and customized without modifying the game itself.

    Since Java Edition is already moving towards more data-driven systems, I believe this would fit perfectly with the direction the game is already taking.

    It would allow Menu code which is logic to remain on server-side code like Plugins (because Java doesn't have a scripting engine like bedrock), while screen configurations can be defined in resource packs.

    And to tie this back into Servers, and Custom UIs, Since Java servers can already send custom resource packs to clients on join, and can already use multiple kinds of Plugins, Menus can continue to be defined in Plugins, while the UI Screens in resource packs, which would totally eliminate the use for fake chest inventories