Add the ability to change capes

[SturdyFool10]

Please confirm the following.

• I checked the existing issues for duplicate feature requests
• I have checked that this feature request is not on our roadmap

What parts of Modrinth is your feature request related too?

The desktop modrinth client

Is your suggested feature related to a problem? Please describe.

Managing your skin in the Modrinth launcher is a feature on the road map, but it’s important to note that changing your skin isn’t the same as changing your in-game cape. Think of it like this: a square is technically a rectangle, but it has equal sides—similar, but the square has that extra requirement.

While a few years ago, cape management might have seemed unnecessary for the small percentage of players who owned them (around 0.1%), times have changed. Capes have become more common, with nearly 3% of players now owning at least one. It’s still a small number, but significant enough that managing both skins and capes is now a feature many players would appreciate.

Personally, the ability to swap between capes and skins is one of the main reasons I still keep the vanilla launcher installed—it’s a simple but meaningful convenience!

Describe the solution you'd like

I would personally like to see the skin customization menu become more of a generic customization menu with a tab for skin and another one for cape, possibly with the ability to save preset skin+cape combos. I would also think that the cape menu should either be grayed out if a user doesn't own any capes, or should just be hidden if they don't own a cape with a small piece of text saying "Cape menu hidden because you don't have any capes" or something

Describe alternatives you've considered

No response

Additional context

No response

[Norbiros]

Duplicate of #415. Will be resolved in #1277

[SturdyFool10]

First rule of the internet: Name everything right(this would have caused this issue to not exist, no mention of capes anywhere on roadmap or in referenced issue), Two: being publicly wrong is the best way to either A make your voice heard or B have someone come correct you with the right information