It is not possible to place water or lava next to double slabs if you click the fluid container on one of the faces of the double slabs. This affects all slab varieties in the same way.
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It is not possible to place water or lava next to double slabs if you click the fluid container on one of the faces of the double slabs. This affects all slab varieties in the same way.
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Minecraft 1.13-pre3
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Duplicate of MC-126906.