Put the summary of the bug you're having here
What I expected to happen was...:
I expected to break blocks with a sword
What actually happened was...:
cannot break any blocks with a sword in creative mode
Steps to Reproduce:
1. get into creative mode
2.get any of the 4 kinds of swords
3.attempt to break blocks
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Duplicate of MC-18368 - If you have not, please use the search function in the future, to see if your bug has already been submitted. If you could not find the original report, please comment with the keywords you searched for.
This is intended to stop people attacking mobs from destroying surrounding blocks. Same thing goes for fishing rods (not sure if that is intended, but it probably is.)