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(Java Parity) Command block GUI

This is the Bedrock edition command block UI. Each of the highlighted areas has a problem.

Red - Hover Note: The hover note is an interesting idea, but it is limited to a very small number of characters -- 15. Considering this is also used as the command block's "name" in chat, you are often limited to short character names.

Blue - Command: The command area is tiny, squished on the right side of the screen. If you reach the end of the line, you can continue typing, but nothing visually changes. That's right, you are inputting text that you can't even see. It's clear that is terrible design. It can be expanded by clicking the plus button, but that should not be necessary to read the simple command. Additionally, tab-complete does not work.

Green - Buttons: For some reason, all of these are dropdowns when they should be simple click-to-switch buttons. Currently changing a setting requires you to click, move the mouse, and click again. Instead of simply clicking.

Purple - "Done": It's hard to imagine a worse designed button that means "confirm." Clicking the X submits the command, and you have to click the big cancel button to cancel. Why is there no "done" button?

Yellow - Pointless Info: Ostensibly this displays the last state of the command block when it ran its command. This is entirely redundant and means nothing since command blocks don't change state during runtime.

For these reasons, I highly recommend upgrading this GUI to the Java version, which has none of these issues.

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    On Nintendo Switch Bedrock, the switch's keyboard prevents seeing your text change in-game, regardless of GUI changes, making autocomplete impossible without using a different keyboard system entirely. When working on a single-player map on Switch, I was disappointed when making and troubleshooting command block contraptions. The slow typing is what I get for working on console, but fighting the GUI and lack of autocomplete caused frustration that made me stop the project. Additionally, that map is stuck on switch until I can access realms, which is another problem for another post.

    Because of the niche of this topic, I doubt it will get changed any time soon.

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    This one would be as useful as java one:
    It combines the two styles.

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    I agree with your idea,
    Indeed CommandBlocks in Bedrock Edition needs to have auto completion to make it easier for people to remember things like in Java Edition and it needs to have increased characters name limit from 15 to 30 or something or perhaps a way to view the input we made without the need to click on each command block while debugging.