[MCPE-44850] Can't place blocks next to a composter, cauldron, lectern, jukebox or chiseled bookshelf

Steps to Reproduce:

Place one of the mentioned blocks;
Point at it with a block on the hand and press the use button

Observed Results:
The player is unable to place anything while directly pointing at them.

Expected Results:
The block is placed.

Screenshots/Videos attached: No

Notes: In order to place the block, either aim at another block that is adjacent or sneak before trying to place it.

Related issues

is duplicated by

MCPE-133441 when you try to place a block next to a cauldron, it does not appear

MCPE-163334 Cannot right-click to place chiseled bookshelves on top of another one

MCPE-189511 Unable to put jukebox on top of another jukebox

relates to

MCPE-58999 Most items can't be used when aiming at a mob spawner

MCPE-19129 Can't use items while looking at iron door or trapdoor without "sneaking"

Attachments

MCPE-44850.mp4

SVID_20241229_122224_1.mp4

Comments

migrated 2019-04-20T03:58:13Z

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[Mod] LateLag 2019-04-21T04:13:10Z

Also affects lecterns and cauldrons.

migrated 2019-06-16T14:40:53Z

Try doing it while sneaking

Makzevu 2019-07-15T19:33:57Z

Confirmed for 1.12 and 1.13.0.2.

This also applies to beds during the day (when players are too far away from them to set their spawnpoint), chests and shulker boxes that can't be opened, and iron doors. This is all avoidable by sneaking though.

Relates to MC-133691.

Makzevu 2019-08-16T02:03:52Z

Confirmed for 1.13.0.6.

[Mod] LateLag 2019-08-18T03:22:00Z

Updated description to make it easier to understand.

Makzevu 2019-10-10T22:54:41Z

Relates to MCPE-37389.

Confirmed for 1.14.0.1.

Makzevu 2020-11-04T20:37:46Z

The cauldron side of this issue is a parity issue as of Java Minecraft snapshot 20w45a.

migrated 2021-02-12T16:42:00Z

This bug also affects jukeboxes.

migrated 2023-03-10T11:17:48Z

Chiseled bookshelf is not affected anymore in current versions.

Minecraft386882 2024-11-19T09:52:33Z

Confirmed in 1.21.44