If Hide Hand is on, maps cannot be seen.
It makes sense that tools can't be seen, as tools are just things that don't need to be seen. Maps are information, and need to be seen.
As such, I can see how this has come into the game, but I can't imagine it's intended behaviour.
Recreation:
Put a map in hand.
Turn Hide Hand on.
Map is no longer visible.
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Sorry, I searched so much!
Though that bug is from 2018, at it's not much of a surprise that I didn't find it. So many others, especially when map doesn't just mean the in game item.
I must say, I find it very strange that it's seen at intended behaviour.
Maps are informational items.
Having to go and turn Hide Hand off, just to view a map, seems somewhat convoluted, especially when the menu doesn't pause the game in Bedrock.
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We're tracking this issue in MCPE-29962, so this ticket is being resolved and linked as a duplicate.
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