[MC-5850] Buttons, levers, ladders and tripwire hooks can't be placed on sides and bottom of redstone blocks Created: 03/Jan/13  Updated: 08/Jan/25  Resolved: 29/Jul/14

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Snapshot 13w01a, Snapshot 13w06a, Snapshot 13w09c, Minecraft 1.5, Snapshot 13w11a, Minecraft 1.5.1, Minecraft 1.5.2, Snapshot 13w19a, Snapshot 13w21a, Snapshot 13w21b, Snapshot 13w22a, Snapshot 13w23a, Snapshot 13w23b, Minecraft 1.6, Minecraft 1.6.1, Minecraft 1.6.2, Minecraft 1.7.4, Minecraft 14w03b, Minecraft 14w05b, Minecraft 14w06b, Minecraft 14w07a, Minecraft 14w08a, Minecraft 1.7.5, Minecraft 14w11b, Minecraft 1.7.9, Minecraft 14w17a, Minecraft 14w29b, Minecraft 1.8.8
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Kamnxt Assignee: [Mojang] Searge (Michael Stoyke)
Resolution: Works As Intended Votes: 6
Labels: None

Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-11716 Lever on redstone block Resolved
is duplicated by MC-16553 Ladder Redstoneblock Bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-26024 Levers cannot be placed on the sides ... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-60171 Levers can't be placed on redstone bl... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-62675 When placing levers on redstone block... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-69747 When placing lever on redstone block ... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-71519 Lever placed on a Redstone-Block disa... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-71550 Can't place lever on a redstoneblock Resolved
is duplicated by MC-91502 Redstone Blocks are Bugging with Buttons Resolved
is duplicated by MC-106090 i cant put stone button in redstone b... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-112061 You can not put the lever on the side... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-112520 Can't Place Ladders on Observer Blocks Resolved
is duplicated by MC-112685 Lever can not put all the girls side ... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-203822 Amethyst Piston Glitch Resolved
Relates
relates to MC-72524 Can't place buttons on top of redston... Resolved
CHK:
Confirmation Status: Confirmed

 Description   

You can place levers on top of redstone blocks, but not on the sides.
You can't place tripwire hooks, ladders or buttons on the sides of redstone blocks.

Edit: added ladders to the list, updated version (it's still present in 13w09c).



 Comments   
Comment by [Helper] clam lol [ 08/Jan/25 ]

This issue is no longer present, and I suspect it was "fixed" in 1.14 when the faces of full/solid transparent blocks were allowed to support other blocks.

Comment by user-f2760 (Inactive) [ 19/Apr/16 ]

Read 1 comment before yours, searge resolved this as intended, if mojang says it's intended, it's intended.

Comment by Fabian Röling [ 19/Apr/16 ]

Confirmed for 16w15b (at least for ladders). It can't be working as intended, all other ore blocks work and redstone blocks aren't transparent (as you can easily check, it doesn't let light through).

Comment by [Mod] redstonehelper [ 27/Mar/16 ]

@KingSupernova: If Mojang says something is WAI it is WAI.

Comment by KingSupernova [ 27/Mar/16 ]

I see no reason why these blocks can't be placed on redstone blocks. Many other blocks, such as redstone wire, torches, and rails all work fine. Please reopen.

Comment by TheMaxShaft [ 27/Oct/15 ]

Shouldn't they be either be placable on all faces or none, it's common sense

Comment by TheMaxShaft [ 27/Oct/15 ]

Confirmed for 1.8

Comment by Marcono1234 [ 19/May/14 ]

I guess it's some kind of intended.
Because the redstone block is nearly handled like a glowstone block
(Chests can be opened when redstone block above (14w20b))
and you can place buttons on glowstone so...

Comment by Itouch2 [ 27/Apr/14 ]

Confirmed for 1.7.9 and 14w17a

Comment by Itouch2 [ 16/Mar/14 ]

Confirmed for 14w11b

Comment by Itouch2 [ 28/Feb/14 ]

Confirmed for 1.7.5 and 14w08a

Comment by WolfieMario [ 11/Jul/13 ]

Confirmed for 1.6.2.

Comment by [Mod] Ezekiel (ezfe) [ 10/Jul/13 ]

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Comment by WolfieMario [ 04/Jul/13 ]

Confirmed for 1.6.1.

Also, this can conceivably be an issue with tripwire hooks (which power at both ends, one of which may not have a redstone block), and even moreso when building decorative structures from redstone blocks and wanting to have ladders (which have no role in redstone whatsoever).

Comment by fake fakes [ 11/Jun/13 ]

Still in 13w23b

Comment by kbk [ 01/Mar/13 ]

Still needs to be fixed as of 13w09b.

Comment by Anon Ymus [ 08/Feb/13 ]

Confirmed.

Comment by kbk [ 08/Feb/13 ]

Ladders, buttons, levers and hooks still cannot be attached to redstone blocks in 13w06a.

Comment by kbk [ 04/Feb/13 ]

Ladders also cannot be attached (while they do attach to iron or lapis lazuli blocks) while torches and vines do can.
Speaking of vines, its downgrowth can be blocked with buttons etc - a nice decorative feature IMO.

Comment by Kamnxt [ 04/Jan/13 ]

Levers, tripwire hooks and buttons power the block they are attached to/touching, but they also power redstone, pistons, lamps, doors,tnt and other blocks below and to the sides... Like this: (R=redstone block, L=lever, .=redstone dust powered by the lever but not the redstone block)
Sideways:

RL.
.

Front:

.L.
.

You could use it to make some circuits smaller.

Comment by Maarten Thijs [ 04/Jan/13 ]

I don't understand what you are trying to say, they allways touch 1 block

Comment by Kamnxt [ 04/Jan/13 ]

Buttons, levers and tripwire hooks power all the blocks they are touching, not only the one they are attached to.

Comment by Meta [ 04/Jan/13 ]

Yes, makes no sense to do that.

Comment by Richard Harvey [ 03/Jan/13 ]

I see no beneficial reason to attach those items to a block that's always powered.

Generated at Sun Jan 12 12:09:16 UTC 2025 using Jira 9.12.2#9120002-sha1:301bf498dd45d800842af0b84230f1bb58606c13.