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Add the option to require confirmation to destroy a command block

Command blocks are a really fun and important aspect of the game for many players, but when a player is in creative mode, one accidental click of the "attack" button can instantly destroy hours of work.

Though a workaround does exist, namely turning on the Game Output Log to copy and replace commands posted to chat, it only works in very specific situations, is not intuitively usable by new players just getting into the game, and it also does not help to recover command data lost from command blocks placed before the player re-logged into the game.

I am suggesting adding an option, either through gamerule (ex. confirmCommandBlockDestruction) or game menu setting, which allows the player to require confirmation for destroying a command block.

It could be implemented in one of two very simple and unobtrusive ways:

1. Attacking a command block with this enabled works like breaking a block in survival, where the player must hold down the attack button for a moment while an animation indicates how close they are to destroying it permanently. The animation could be the same as the normal block breaking animation, or a separate "creative only" animation to avoid confusing players.

2. Attacking a command block with this enabled does nothing, the player must attack again within a short space of time to destroy the block. To make this more intuitive to the player, the first time they attack some particles could appear similar to how they do when attempting to break a block with a sword.

 

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    I think this is an interesting idea. I would suggest making this possible for every block in the game, so you can choose which blocks are unbreakable even on creative with commands.

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    FlyDrop98 I never thought of that but I could totally see it as being useful, especially for other similar data-y blocks like structure, maybe even signs? There are lots of times in creative where you can instantly eliminate work in ways that would be impossible in survival. Another useful thing would be adding a confirmation to the /fill and /clone commands if you are filling or cloning over command blocks, just something that pops up in chat warning you before you fill over a whole array of command blocks. I think it would not be too impactful on performance as it essentially does the same thing as the replace parameter.

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    Use a sword, when in creative you cant destroy a block while holding a sword, but you can still right-click to open the command block menu

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    Luggibumm That does work but it's so impractical that it really doesn't help with the problem. As soon as you go to place a block or do anything else it opens you up to destroying stuff again, so it would not be much help overall. The idea I had was just something overall that completely prevents unintentional destruction of command blocks.

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    This could be something that is an option in command block interface + a block nbt tag that could be added by /blockdata command

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    I agree with this suggestion. Destroying Commandblock should not be as easy as one punch while in creative mode because miss-clicks happen..