Off-hand items can't be used when the main hand item cannot use any of its right click actions
When most items that have a "use" (right-click action/function) are held in the player's main hand, whatever item is in their off-hand can never be used, even when the main hand's item can't be used.
Before 1.15, one could for example: eat food in their off-hand when they cannot place a block from their main hand. Post-1.15: nothing happens in this scenario.
Some Main Hand Item Exceptions
- Axe
- Hoe
- Shears
- Bow/Crossbow (without ammunition)
- Lead
- Name Tag
- Armor (equipping)
- Cake
- Empty Bucket
How to Reproduce
1) Hold a solid block in your main hand and a torch in your off-hand. Attempt to place a torch at your feet.
2) Swap the solid block with shears. You should be able to place a torch, despite the shears having specific right-click functions.
2020-01-16, 10:00 PM
2024-12-28, 12:00 PM
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DualWielding, Off-handslot, dual-weilding, off-hand, offhand
1.15.1 - 1.21.4
1.15.1, 1.15.2 Pre-release 2, 1.15.2, 1.16 Release Candidate 1, 1.16, 1.16.1, 20w29a, 20w51a, 21w03a, 1.16.5, 21w08b, 1.17 Pre-release 1, 1.17, 1.17.1, 21w43a, 1.18.1, 1.18.2, 22w12a, 1.19, 1.19.1 Pre-release 4, 1.19.2, 1.19.3, 23w07a, 1.20.4, 24w09a, 1.21, 1.21.1, 24w37a, 24w44a, 1.21.3, 1.21.4
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