Anvils breaking colored name, is there a way to avoid this?

[skriptkitty]

on anvil rename:
name of player's tool contains "§"
cancel event


How do I make it combine but not rename?

 

[Goose]

I mean, you can check if the tool is a certain item (like a special item), and if it is then you can let it rename but change the name to the name of that special item if that makes sense

 

[skriptkitty]

on anvil rename:
name of event-item contains "§"
set item-nbt of event-item-result to {Display: {Name: \'event-item\'}}


I tried this and it doesn't work

but I can't do that cus it'd be something I'd be doing for thousands of custom named items

 

[Goose]

Well first, Minecraft doesn't support the symbol "§" in it's font, so it uses a substitute, "&".

Second, the "on anvil rename" event triggers before the item is actually named, and when an item is colored it doesn't include that "&" or "§" symbol. [I don't think.]

Third, that last line "set item-nbt of event-item-result to {Display: {Name: \'event-item/'}}" is unnecessarily complicated. Just use the effect "set name of event-item to "Example Name""

EDIT:

You can bypass this whole situation by disabling anvil renaming as a whole.
Just use the following code if you wish to do so.

on anvil rename:
    cancel event
    send "&cYou cannot rename items!" # this part is optional