The bug
Torches can be placed on top of fences, but not on iron bars or glass panes.
Note
End rods can be placed on iron bars and glass panes.
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MC-147252
Bells cannot be placed on top of cauldrons, composters, hoppers or other bells
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Torches, levers, buttons, tripwire hooks, coral fans, vines, ladders and bells cannot be placed on the sides of farmland or grass paths
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MC-147248
Wall torches cannot be placed on the sides of lower slabs or stairs
Open
MC-147249
Bells cannot be placed on the sides of upper slabs, stairs, the side of a piston base, or the stone side of floor bells
Open
MC-147253
Buttons and levers cannot be placed on top of filled end portal frames
Open
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Comments 14
I did not see a duplicate, but I think this is intended since these blocks are too thin to support a wider torch on top of it.
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