Show a Title on Screen

Display big center-screen text to a player

✅ Verified for Java 26.2 · Bedrock 26.32 — checked June 2026

Displays a large, center-aligned line of text in the middle of the screen for the targeted players. On Java the message is a text component in SNBT, so you can add color and formatting (e.g. {text:"Welcome!",color:gold}); on Bedrock the /title command takes plain text, or use /titleraw @a title {"rawtext":[{"text":"Welcome!"}]} for styled JSON. The title stays until it fades out or a new title replaces it.

/title @a title {text:"Welcome!",color:gold,bold:true}

54 characters

Java: yes
Bedrock: yes
Command block: yes
Needs cheats / OP: yes

How to use

Open chat (T on Java, / on Bedrock).
Paste the command, replacing @a with a player name or selector if needed.
Press Enter — the title appears on the chosen players' screens.
Clear it early with /title @a clear.

Related commands

Add a Subtitle Under the Title

Both

Show a smaller second line under a screen title

/title @a subtitle {text:"Good luck out there",color:yellow}

Show an Action Bar Message

Both

Display text just above the hotbar

/title @a actionbar {text:"Objective updated",color:aqua}

Send Colored Chat Text (tellraw)

Both

Broadcast a custom colored message in chat

/tellraw @a {text:"Server restarting soon",color:red,bold:true}

Clickable Chat Text That Runs a Command

Java

Make chat text a clickable button that runs a command

/tellraw @a {text:"[Click to teleport to spawn]",color:green,click_event:{action:run_command,command:"/spawn"}}

Show a Scoreboard on the Sidebar

Both

Display an objective's scores on the right side of the screen

/scoreboard objectives setdisplay sidebar points

Create a Custom Boss Bar

Java

Show a custom boss health bar at the top of the screen

/bossbar add event {text:"Event Timer"}
/bossbar set minecraft:event color red
/bossbar set minecraft:event players @a