In creative when you try to put a weapon in the 2ed slot and the 3rd slot is unfilled then the 3rd and 2ed slot are filled with the same item, like a bow or a pickaxe.
In creative when you try to put a weapon in the 2ed slot and the 3rd slot is unfilled then the 3rd and 2ed slot are filled with the same item, like a bow or a pickaxe.
Resolving as a duplicate of MCPE-12878