When the recipe book is open, both in the crafting table and player inventory, the top most 4 slots on the right side of the inventory become "locked," and the player is unable to grab items out or move items into those spots. The mouse cursor also lags over those spots when the recipe book is open. Once the book is closed, the inventory spaces behave like normal. The player is able to move the items out by using the number keys to assign it to the hotbar, as well as shift-click items into the slots, but not out.
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Same PC details and Minecraft details as my system. Occurs when Recipe book is left open, and you exit your crafting table (noobie here). Top four slots can have items dropped into them but cannot be accessed when moving through the world. Fix is to go to a barrel (or maybe a chest) and then items can be removed from the top right four slots. I just try not to use those slots. Minor irritation. I hope this helps you duplicate the issue.
Discovered what it is...XBOX Background App causes above issue. If you hit alt-tab, it brings up the XBOX background App and you can close it and prevent it from opening when you start games like Minecraft.
Ah, that makes sense. We already have another ticket about that: MC-143776. I've resolved this ticket as a duplicate of that one.
I cannot reproduce this, the four slots work just fine when the recipe book is open.