If you place a chest on an ice block, then go on the chest and sneak (hold shift), you can still fall off the side of the chest.
I think this happens because the chest isn't as tall as a regular block, so you can slide on it as if the chest were ice. The sliding may have something to do with falling off the side.
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This isn't a duplicate, that bug (MC-2334) was fixed. You can hold shift on a chest and you won't fall off it, but if there's an ice block under it, you'll fall.
It's not fixed, it's still open. And it still works in 1.5 regardless which block is underneath the chest.
Ok, I was testing chests on soul sand, and chests on ice. I was able to shift on chests on soul sand without falling off, so I assumed all other blocks were like that too.
It's interesting to me that you can use soul sand and not fall off the chest...
Duplicate of MC-2334, please use the search function to see if your bug has already been submitted. Currently over 53% of tickets are being closed as duplicate.