If your cursor doesn't see anything in its line of sight when you look down (if you look at where the block will be), it will place a block adjacent to the block you're standing on, but not if the block has snow on it.
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Thank you for your report!
However, this issue has been closed as a Duplicate of MCPE-10674.
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No, it is NOT a duplicate of that, this is an actual bug. That one had to do with sneaking and still being ABLE to (which is not a bug), this is about NOT being able to when the block has snow (or other pressure plates or whatever, but in that case it's not such a bother, because snow appears on blocks whether you want it to, yet, or not) above it.

No, it is NOT a duplicate of that, this is an actual bug. That one had to do with sneaking and still being ABLE to (which is not a bug), this is about NOT being able to when the block has snow (or other pressure plates or whatever, but in that case it's not such a bother, because snow appears on blocks whether you want it to, yet, or not) above it.

No, it is NOT a duplicate of that, this is an actual bug. That one had to do with sneaking and still being ABLE to (which is not a bug), this is about NOT being able to when the block has snow (or other pressure plates or whatever, but in that case it's not such a bother, because snow appears on blocks whether you want it to, yet, or not) above it.

Indeed not the same issue. Please reopen. I can confirm for 1.16.201.

Indeed not the same issue. Please reopen. I can confirm for 1.16.201.

Indeed not the same issue. Please reopen. I can confirm for 1.16.201.

This issue is being tracked in a new ticket: MCPE-37389.

This issue is being tracked in a new ticket: MCPE-37389.

This issue is being tracked in a new ticket: MCPE-37389.
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