Setting commandBlocksEnabled to false prevents command blocks from being edited

The bug

In Bedrock Edition, setting the commandBlocksEnabled gamerule to false only prevents command blocks from executing. They can still be edited just fine.

In Java Edition, command blocks can’t be edited while the gamerule is false. This makes it more difficult to disarm a rogue repeating command block after disabling its execution.

This difference was reported in MCPE-227826 and bedrock’s behavior was declared WAI.

How to reproduce

1. /gamerule commandBlocksEnabled false

2. Try to edit and power a command block

Expected result

The edit should go through, but the command shouldn’t run

Observed result

Even though the edit box is writable and works fine, clicking done fails with a message in chat