[MCPE-15010] Sometimes the player randomly drops an item out of the hotbar Created: 06/Jun/16  Updated: 02/Jan/25

Status: Reopened
Project: Minecraft (Bedrock codebase)
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: 1.18.30.23 Preview, 1.18.30.22 Beta, 1.18.0.24 Beta, 1.17.20.23 Beta, 1.17.20.22 Beta, 1.17.10, 1.16.220, 1.16.210.60 Beta, 0.15.0 Beta build 1, 0.15.1, 0.15.2, 0.15.4, 0.15.6, 0.15.8, 0.15.90.7, 0.15.10, 0.16.1, 0.17.0.1, 0.16.2, 1.0.0, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4.0, 1.0.4.11, 1.0.5.0, 1.5.0.14, 1.14.60 Hotfix, 1.16.1, 1.16.20, 1.16.201 Hotfix, 1.17.2 Hotfix, 1.17.41 Hotfix, 1.18.2 Hotfix, 1.18.12 Hotfix, 1.19.2 Hotfix, 1.19.40, 1.21.30.24 Preview, 1.21.22 Hotfix, 1.21.51 Hotfix
Fix Version/s: 1.0.5.3, 1.9.0.2 Beta

Type: Bug
Reporter: Luiz Eduardo da Silva Ferreira
Resolution: Unresolved Votes: 49
Labels: drop, dropItem, hotbar, throw

Attachments: File Minecraft_2021-11-10-18-24-33_1.mp4     File Minecraft_2022-03-16-19-46-32.mp4    
Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MCPE-16045 the item in hotbar throw itself after... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-16059 Accidental Drop Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-16161 Dropping item bug Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-16376 keep's dropping items in hotbar rando... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-16515 Random item drop glitch in C and S Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-17186 You Can Drop Items Without Having to ... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-17430 randomly dropping items Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-18368 Items dropping randomly with a green ... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-18369 Auto-Drop Bug Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-18571 Items keep throwing themselves from i... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-18667 the hot bar slot 8 won't hold items Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-19606 Slot dropping items individually. Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-19618 Item bar keep dropping items on the g... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-19672 Switching to item while turning drops... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-26391 Minecraft pocket edition keeps droppi... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-27115 dropping item in second hotbar slot Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-34194 A random item sometimes always drops ... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-35688 Items in Inventory randomly thrown Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-92349 Randomly starts throwing stuff out of... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-96342 My items drop without me dropping the... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-116296 Throws away item off in your inventory Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-124040 Tools auto drop from hotbar while swi... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-133396 The item being hold getting randomly ... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-136417 Item in hotbar drops from my inventor... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-158453 Player Randomly Drops Blocks From Hot... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-162291 dropping items infinitely Resolved
Relates
relates to MCPE-60807 Eating animation plays 1 extra time a... Reopened
relates to MCPE-16500 hotbar item will drop if touched when... Resolved
relates to MCPE-16743 Items on the ground are facing the op... Resolved
relates to MCPE-14707 Auto Dropping Items (Sometimes Crashes) Resolved
relates to MCPE-15674 Placing items back in creative invent... Resolved
Confirmation Status: Confirmed
Platform: Multiple
CHK:
ADO: 39518 / 157416 / 713805

 Description   

Steps to Reproduce (touch controls):

  1. Tap and hold on any inventory hotbar slot with an item
  2. While holding on the hotbar slot, hold anywhere on the screen as well, and then release the hotbar slot and keep your other finger on the screen
  3. While still holding on the screen, walk towards the dropped item and pick it up

Observed Results:
The item is dropped again. This keeps happening until you stop holding on the screen

Expected Results:
The item should stay in the hotbar because the hotbar slot is not being held on anymore.


Sometimes for no reason things pop out of your hotbar and drop to the ground. I've had it happen to me, but I don't know of a way to reproduce it at will.

original report:
some veses when I'm playing iten which is the first small square , it is dropped alone



 Comments   
Comment by nattyvt [ 03/Jul/22 ]

Can confirm this affects 1.19.2 on iPad Pro iOS 15 and it's very annoying and I've lost several valuable items this way. I work around it with cheats but of course that means no achievements and a degraded experience. The worst is when you find the item and pick it up only for it to be thrown again into an even worse spot. It's like it's missing the `release` event.

Comment by Rithik [ 02/Jul/22 ]

It Still Happens In 1.19.2

Comment by SafenUp [ 16/Mar/22 ]

1.18.12, yes.

 

Minecraft_2022-03-16-19-46-32.mp4

Comment by [MCPE Helper] Aspergerian [ 16/Mar/22 ]

Is this still happening?

Comment by Christy Wollin [ 24/Nov/21 ]

Still happening in 2021 in iOS.  Clearly, losing hard earned items is of little import.  It happens to me quite frequently.  Usually I catch it as or shortly after it happens, but today I did not, and lost a netherite sword with rare enchantments.  Given the fact that I’ve also had several tagged mobs despawn over the last few weeks, I am beginning to wonder why I even play at all if everything I work to collect just disappears.  What’s worse is having to explain to my 7 yo why the stuff he works hard to collect and make with me just disappear.  

Comment by SafenUp [ 10/Nov/21 ]

Minecraft_2021-11-10-18-24-33_1.mp4

Comment by SafenUp [ 04/Nov/21 ]

Affects 1.17.41

 

And also in windows edition, switching hotbar slot and using it right away is sometimes ignored.

For example, in situation that you are trying to switch hotbar slot to water bucket on 2nd slot and use it right away, you'll notice that water bucket pretends to be used but is not actually used. I guess this is related.

Comment by Branko Šaškovič [ 22/Jul/21 ]

Happening in android.

Comment by Blake Davidson [ 05/Jan/21 ]

This happend yo me yesterday except it drop all the items in my hotbar, some of my stuff despawned...

Comment by Amarie Mcrae [ 10/Aug/20 ]

Omg the same thing happened to me!!!! Like the same thing from the vid. But now it’s April and idk what to do!!! What did u do to fix it?

Comment by Jens Kraemer [ 08/Jul/20 ]

Happened today, just installed on iPad two days ago or so. Just threw away random items from the hotbar until it was empty. 

Comment by Jay Sirrom [ 05/Jun/20 ]

Still affects Bedrock 1.14.60 on Android 8.1 LG Q6.

This has got to be one of the most annoying bugs. I use touch screen. When this happens, if I pick it up again, the UI will try to drop it again. I need to quickly select something in the hotbar to prevent the animation for selecting and throwing completes or it will keep dropping. This happens a LOT, especially when running across water during a battle. I am wearing depth strider III boots. But it can happen on ground too.

Comment by James Detwiler [ 12/May/20 ]

Happened today. Minecraft PE on iPad. My sword in slot one was dropping over and over. Slot 7 was selected, containing sand. I had been placing sand. But the auto drop started while I was walking. Here is video of the bug in action: [link Item Dropping Feature|https://youtu.be/SNRNeos9E-o].

 

Comment by Gertjan [ 11/May/20 ]

Happened to me today, using an xbox one controller wirelessly. Restarting the game fixed the issue, but it started again after half an hour.

Android, 1.14.60

Comment by Kahlen [ 05/Apr/20 ]

It happend to me lately, I kept throwing away scaffholding, even though I wasn't holding on the item slot, but after selecting another slot it stopped and I could pick up the scaffholding again without throwing it away. (Platform: Android, Version: 1.14.30)

Comment by [Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay Wells) [ 15/Nov/19 ]

Cleaning up old tickets: This ticket has not been updated recently (~1 year+) so is being closed as Cannot Reproduce. If you feel this is still a valid issue then please comment, or create a new ticket following the Issue Guidelines.

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Comment by Tim Sharpe [ 12/Jul/18 ]

On current version (1.5) I experience this issue randomly and often on iOS when using a Bluetooth joystick. Joystick diagnostics confirm the joystick is not sending the drop command. This is definitely not fully resolved.

Yesterday the action persisted even after the joystick was turned off. I've never had this happen without a joystick.

Comment by Jordan Wiens [ 31/Jul/17 ]

Concur. Please re-open this issue. I've been meaning to come back and mention it but forgot until I got @StevenBritton's notification.

Post 1.1 I've experienced this bug again using a bluetooth controller.

Comment by Steven Britton [ 31/Jul/17 ]

Still occurs in IOS

Comment by [MCPE Mod] Dr.Awesome4333 [ 16/Mar/17 ]

Fixed in 1.0.5.3

Comment by Mr Smeo [ 14/Mar/17 ]

Affects 1.0.5.0

Comment by [MCPE Helper] Aspergerian [ 10/Mar/17 ]

Affects 1.0.4.11.

Comment by [MCPE Helper] Aspergerian [ 19/Feb/17 ]

Affects 1.0.4.0 (apparently this only happens when I fast-switch to a different slot, which makes the game think I'm press-holding the slot instead).

Comment by [MCPE Helper] Aspergerian [ 08/Feb/17 ]

Affecting 1.0.3.0 (It only stops when updating/moving around the hotbar, otherwise it is still around for me).

Comment by Josh Severse [ 05/Feb/17 ]

I want to confirm this is still happening on version 1.0.2 on both my galaxy s5 and ipad. I play survival a lot and mine near bedrock. I have lost multpile enchanted pickaxes because the game just tosses them into the lava. Usually it's no big deal but if they go into lava, they are lost forever. I thought for the longest time it was just me until I found out from my kids that it happens to them too. This has been a bug for me for quite some time and would love to see it fixed in a future update.

Comment by PumpkinFly Meows [ 10/Jan/17 ]

I've had this annoying problem for a long time.......I did a report that INCLUDED how to replicate it but was just issued as a duplicate. Anyway, I find it happening to me when I try to take out an item from the first two slots while turning. Very strange.

Comment by Jordan Wiens [ 08/Jan/17 ]

Agreed 1.0 is much worse. Was playing with my three kids on a local multiplayer yesterday and all four of us were experiencing it.

Comment by Mike Bee [ 04/Jan/17 ]

This is still happening to me IOS 10+ version of iPad 1.0 version MCPE, very annoying. Happened once or twice in older version of MCPE but now more often.

Comment by Lee Shaub [ 05/Dec/16 ]

I have had this happen to me a few times, I think it happens when there's a bit of moisture on the very edge of the touchscreen, and then seems to register as a hold on the second slot. I doubt that it's mcpe related.

Comment by Tom H [ 05/Dec/16 ]

Still happens multiple times after multiple restarts. 0.16.2. Only happens to one PC out of the two. Really frustrating for a 4 year old, surely this is not the hardest thing in the world to fix?

This is the Windows 10 version, both running Pro x64. Problem is on a Surface Pro, so maybe touch input related?

Comment by An Individual [ 22/Nov/16 ]

Confirmed on 0.16.0 and 0.16.1.

PLS FIX!

Comment by Jason Rubsam [ 20/Nov/16 ]

This has been a re-occurring issue for me as well - over the last few updates.

1st Gen iPad Mini
iOS 9.3.5
Minecraft PE v0.16.2
Survival Mode

Comment by Michelle Earl [ 18/Nov/16 ]

It just happened to me on 0.17.2. No problem on build 1. Just got a diamond and had a full inventory. Dropped a wooden hoe and it repeated. This was on a survival world.

Comment by Mr Smeo [ 17/Nov/16 ]

Confirmed on HTC One M8, v0.16.1 (android 6.0.1)
In my case this is reproducable by..
1. Place an item on the first slot in hotbar eg sword.
2. hold down right thumb on screen (like "using" a tool or when steering while walking)
3. Tap the first slot in hotbar, length of tap required varies and may alternate between long and short, until the slotbar starts filling with green charge status.
4. release left thumb
Result:
when the slot fills the sword is ejected,
Further if the sword is retrieved the slot will continue to fill and will repeatedly eject the item until any slot in the hotbar is tapped again.
Notes:
I'm unable to reproduce on any other slot in the hotbar but the first.
Initially I thought this was due to an android gesture for hold/tap but it only seems to happen on the first slot which suggests there is some possibly intended use for the gesture in the code applicable to the first slot only.

Can you recommend any UI/Touch settings to work around this?
Note: I tried this with three finger gestures disabled in android settings, behavour was still evident.

Comment by [Mojang] Adrian Östergård [ 17/Nov/16 ]

Reopening based on MCPE-18368 and MCPE-18369.

Comment by [Mojang] Adrian Östergård [ 08/Nov/16 ]

Please reply and update affected versions if you're still able to reproduce this issue.

Comment by Dan Bryant [ 06/Oct/16 ]

Confirmed on Nexus 5 Android 6.0.1
Beta Text Line1: v0.15.90 alpha build 1 GuiScale-5
Beta Text Line2: LGE Nexus 5, Adreno (TM) 330, Android 6.0.1

Comment by solehuddin power [ 19/Sep/16 ]

I can reproduce this bug.

1.Create flat world,set to creative
2.Put many entities like chicken (which more lag if too many) (make sure you make cage or fence around to avoid entities walk away.)
3.spawn entities until the game start lag.
4.Make sure the game had massive lag.
5.one finger hold walking forward and another finger change item in hand.
(Just tap on hotbar,the item will throw and you pick the item again.If you luck,the item on iventory will colour green and throwing self.)

Just try on Low-End device,if you lucky.

Comment by Peter Sundström [ 19/Sep/16 ]

I still have it on 0.15.8

Comment by Mary Dell [ 14/Aug/16 ]

We are having this problem in 0.15.4 on two platforms - Android 6.0.1 on Galaxy Note 5 and IOS 8.1 on Pad Mini. My son (ipad mini) has this happen when all his slots are full - his pickaxe or tool is "thrown" without any green "drop item" bar or delay - he picks it up and it throws it out again, over and over. My husband (Android) has the same thing happen less frequently, including when slots are not all full. I have not experienced it on my Iphone or my Ipad (yet) - we are all on 0.15.4.

I found two videos on youtube of people demonstrating the problem - one in 0.15.4 and one in 0.15.6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63fu2_Os1Pg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asH4B9CW8L8 (skip ahead to 1:30)

Comment by Jeff Jewett [ 11/Aug/16 ]

Steps to reproduce: Tap first or second slot (I haven't been able to get it to work with the third slot) and slide it all the way to the backwards button. With any luck it should keep spitting out the item until you tap another slot in the hotbar

Comment by Ba Tenec [ 11/Aug/16 ]

Confirmed for 0.15.6

Comment by Trevor Thalacker [ 05/Aug/16 ]

I can describe it.
Sometimes when I go to get the item, or something else (random), the item will start to throw.
Then I must collect it and sometimes, on older updates, it will do this again.
That is all I know.
Confirmed (if I can) on 0.15.4

Comment by Peter Sundström [ 20/Jul/16 ]

I have this issue as well(0.15.2). For me it is when I exit a chest (or a crafting table).
The item I am holding will start to get a green bar and be thrown away. It is like I am using/hitting with the item at the same time as I am throwing it away(It has happened that I have destroyed things with an axe for instance). If I press another item the problem is resolved. So every time I exit a chest I always look if there is green on the item I am holding and then I press another Item.

Comment by PHO [ 12/Jul/16 ]

This has happened to me once in 0.15.2. The green bar in the first slot of the hotbar started to rise up all of the sudden as if I were pressing the slot with my finger, and then the item was thrown out.

Comment by Kyle Eser [ 04/Jul/16 ]

Confirmed for 0.15.1

Comment by gatharian [ 18/Jun/16 ]

MCPE-15674 is a related issue as their not using Minecraft Windows 10 Edition and GUI is different.

Comment by PHO [ 09/Jun/16 ]

Reopened per users' comments.

Comment by Michelle Earl [ 08/Jun/16 ]

I have had that happen quite a few times so frustrating

Comment by Bob Russin [ 07/Jun/16 ]

I think what he is saying is that sometimes for no reason things pop out of your hot bar and drop to the ground. I've had it happen to me, but I don't know of a way to reproduce it at will

Comment by kaleb418 [ 07/Jun/16 ]

This issue is Incomplete. Please create a new ticket with a clear description of the bug and the steps to reproduce it.

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