VDX Java UI 3.2.12 for Bedrock 26.30: Layouts & Setup

VDX Java/Desktop UI gives Minecraft Bedrock familiar Java-style menus and inventory screens. It is a resource pack by CrisXolt: your world, servers and combat remain Bedrock. Its main appeal is the layout you use every session, from opening your inventory to finding the resource-pack settings.

Version 3.2.12 targets Bedrock 26.30. Choose a matching release for your game rather than assuming every newer Bedrock update keeps custom menus working. The images below are the creator’s interface examples; the pack selector shown uses an earlier 3.2.11 build.

Download VDX Desktop UI 3.2.12

This download is the Desktop UI main pack for Bedrock 26.30. It is a complete resource pack; no behavior pack is needed. Mixed UI, PvP UI and the optional menu patch are separate author releases, not included in this file.

VDX Desktop UI 3.2.12 — Bedrock 26.30, main pack 4.6 Mb4 downloads View download

Desktop, Mixed or PvP: choose your layout

Start with one variant active. Stacking several interface replacements makes it harder to identify which pack controls a broken button or overlapping panel. The PvP name describes its design; it does not add Java combat mechanics or promise a competitive advantage.

What changes during ordinary play?

For a survival session, open your inventory and compare the crafting area, equipment slots and recipe panel with the layout you normally use. For building, check that the recipe search and item categories remain comfortable at your screen size. A good-looking menu is only useful if you can still find and select items easily.

Controller users should check carefully: CrisXolt notes that not every modified screen fully supports gamepads. Before committing to a long session, try moving between tabs, selecting an item, closing the inventory and returning to settings with your usual controls.

Install without losing your way around the menus

1. Back up important worlds first. Interface packs can break after game updates. Keep a usable backup before changing your setup; do not move or delete existing world folders just to install a UI pack.
2. Import the matching .mcpack. On a device that supports opening local packs, open it with Minecraft Bedrock and wait for the import message. It is not a Java mod JAR.
3. Activate one variant in Global Resources. Start without another custom UI pack active so you can judge VDX on its own.
4. Check the essentials. Open the inventory, recipe search, pause menu and resource-pack settings. On touch screens, check that the buttons you need are reachable.
5. Reintroduce other visual packs one at a time. If the interface breaks after adding another pack, deactivate that addition and compare again.

The author gives a mobile storage warning for devices that offer an External file-storage setting. Storage options differ by platform, so make a backup before changing storage settings rather than treating a setting change as a backup itself.

Choose normal or Sodium-style video settings

The Desktop main pack includes two configurations: With Normal UI Video Settings and With Sodium UI Video Settings. Open the active pack’s configuration control to choose the presentation you prefer, then fully restart Minecraft after changing it, as the pack instructs.

The Sodium name refers to the settings-screen style. It does not install the Java Sodium mod or its rendering engine into Bedrock.

Why do some screens still look like Bedrock?

VDX does not replace every screen. Bedrock has moved several menus to Ore UI, which this resource-pack approach cannot freely redesign. The author lists Play, Create World, Achievements, sleeping, death and disconnect screens among the limitations.

If one of those screens remains unchanged, reinstalling the same pack may accomplish nothing. The creator also shows some extra screens that require a separate patch and an experimental world. They are not the baseline experience described here; do not enable world experiments simply to make the screenshots match.

How to switch back to the normal interface

In the VDX menu, open Options… → Resource Packs…. Select the active VDX pack and deactivate it, then finish with Done. If you activated the pack only for an individual world, also check that world’s active resource packs.

Common surprises and what to do