[MCPE-171336] Buttons and Levers can no longer be placed on top of fences, walls, lightning rod, and iron bars

After updating to Minecraft Bedrock 1.20, buttons can no longer be placed on top of fence blocks. While it might not serve much practical use, buttons on fences were a neat detailing option. The button otherwise behaves as intended (ie. breaks when block update occurs, powers adjacent blocks, ...).

It would be nice to reintroduce it back to Minecraft bedrock edition as well as introduce it to Java edition.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 11

MCPE-171349 Can no longer place buttons on fences or walls Resolved

MCPE-171464 Levers cannot be placed on fences, iron bars and walls Resolved

MCPE-171754 Lever won’t place on lightning rod Resolved

MCPE-171907 Can't place buttons on walls Resolved

MCPE-172181 Can't place buttons or levers on walls and fences. Resolved

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relates to 1

MC-146564 Buttons and levers cannot be placed on top of or underneath walls Reopened

Comments 17

JervieA20 2023-06-08T16:30:22Z

That it could be confirm

JervieA20 2023-06-23T09:26:45Z

Relates to MC-146564, That couldn't placing buttons/lever to top or bottom walls

ThatOneIsMe 2023-08-19T00:13:06Z

This is also the case with amethyst crystals, they used to be placable on walls

CookieCft 2023-09-06T20:25:10Z

The platform should be set to 'Multiple', as it does not just affect Windows

Mr.Pufferfish 2023-09-10T20:07:25Z

Affects 1.20.40.20 preview

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GameOwner 2023-12-24T18:27:36Z

Still not solved in 1.20.51

CyrilHul 2023-12-28T00:36:21Z

This makes me so sad because I built a concert in my world with lots of instruments with mics (levers on fences) and I was moving it to another location only to realize I can no longer place the levers on fences. It was such an incredible detail and made it all really come together.

Mr.Pufferfish 2024-01-26T13:05:00Z

Affects 1.20.51 hotfix and 1.20.70.20 preview

Mr.Pufferfish 2024-02-15T17:50:51Z

Affects 1.20.62 hotfix and 1.20.70.24 preview

CookieCft 2024-05-24T22:25:17Z

It's unacceptable how this was randomly removed since basically a year ago now and we haven't heard a thing from the devs. It's such a simple bug that's caused a lot of devastation.

xanderkruse 2024-05-31T10:17:32Z

This is has been confirmed in dev. Button's and Levers can place on fence, lightning rod, iron bars and walls. I tried to make decorated on fence in 1.20.0 - 1.21.0

Will be Fixed in 1.21.10

Java	Bedrock
Walls ✔	Walls ❌
Lightning Rod ✔	Lightning Rod ❌
Fence ✔	Fence ❌
Iron Bars ✔	Iron Bars ❌

Cause:

Fixed ✔ , Not Fixed ❌

Observed result:

You can't place button and Levers on fence, iron bars, walls and lightning rod.

Expected result:

You can place button and Levers on fence, iron bars, lightning rod and walls.

SheepCoIndustries 2024-07-15T01:17:35Z

Still affects 1.21.2

LeanMeanDebugger 2024-09-05T11:02:54Z

It was said it will be fixed in 1.21.10, but the issue persists as of 1.21.20-23.

Reply from @unknown:
As the "reporter" for this issue, please simply add to the Affected Versions to this report. This is much better than adding comments, as those just clutter up the report. Also, there is nothing on this report that indicates it was "fixed".
(you can delete this entire comment after reading)

Cloakerz 2024-09-23T07:47:16Z

Still affects 1.21.30

Cloakerz 2024-10-23T00:58:44Z

Still affects 1.21.40 & 1.21.41

WillowLynn 2024-12-18T03:00:07Z

I have this same issue- buttons already placed on top of fences can remain until they are broken- then they can no longer be placed. It has been since the 1.20 update.

Kat Shank 2025-05-16T04:16:09Z

Still happening. Pushed buttons on fences that had already been there for a while. They broke and now can’t be put back on. v 1.21.81.