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Let's talk about Hanging Signs!

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Hanging signs are coming to Minecraft in update 1.20! These blocks can be crafted from any wood type and arranged in all manner of cool ways to add that extra touch to your bases and builds.

Features

  • Added Hanging Signs, which can be placed beneath and on the side of a block 
  • Added Hanging Signs of all wood types and recipes  
  • Hanging Signs can be placed under narrow blocks with center support 
  • Hanging Signs have their own specific UI when writing text on the sign 

Let us know your feedback, ideas and suggestions for this feature in the comments!

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    The Hanging Signs feature is great but from what I see in the first experimental beta/snapshot for 1.20... I think it needs to have both benefits, options and drawbacks...

    • Allow us to change both sides of the signs. We can easily leave a blank on one side much like how you can make a blank regular Sign. It is great for navigation signs where the arrow is different on one side compare to the other, or have "Welcome!" on one side and "See You Soon" on the other side.
    • On Bedrock, the text size is small for Hanging Signs, making it difficult to see from any distance, even when close up. It should be at least readable.
    • On Java, the font size is good but you do lose characters per line compare to regular Signs. I think it should have a few more characters to nearly match regular Signs. Also the image of the sign when you enter text to the Hanging Sign is small unlike Bedrock.

     

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    It would be great if hanging signs could not be hung on other hanging signs

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    Wood Poles: With the addition of the Bamboo Wood Set and Hanging Signs, I would like to suggest an addition to all wood types in the form of a horizontal Wooden Pole! The Wooden Pole should be placable off the sides of blocks and would essentially be just the top part of the Hanging Sign without the chain attachment points. Therefore, you could make tight rope structures without the sign attached and also be able to extend the sign without using additional hanging signs. Let me know if we should extend all wood sets a little further with the Wooden Pole!

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    Due to the lack of writing space on the hanging signs it would be great to have the option to write on both sides of the sign if the player wanted.

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    Honestly, the hanging sign is too much like a "furniture". Making it as wide as a block can make it more useful in building as it will "connect" with other signs. Also, maybe you can make variants of planks?

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    it would be nice to increase the number of letters in the line a bit and if it was possible to write a text on both sides of a hanging sign.

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    This is really cool! I cant wait to use it in my builds!

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    I find it strange that Hanging Signs only show the text on one side. I feel like most people are going to use it to name buildings above the doorway and you'd want to be able to see the text from both sides.

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    I would like to attach a hanging sign to a grown bamboo. It would be great tough it requires some tweaking because the bamboo does not offer a face to attach the hanging sign.

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    I feel it is weird for hanging signs to have a centered support under the new chiseled bookshelves. They should have full block double point support instead.

    The hanging signs would also be very much better if the text appeared on both sides.

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    I have a 10/10 idea.

    What if while moving through these signs, they animated being lifted up instead of the player just passing through them. If the player moves through them super quickly like on a minecart or riding animal, he takes a half heart of damage from smacking his face on it, and the words are imprinted on the screen for a short period of time. 

    Me: dying laughing as I write this.

    But seriously

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    Text to display on both sides please.  (Stretch target: the ability to have different text display on each side.)

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    Useful!

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    The text should be able to be edited by players!

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    Put items in it so I can make a cool looking tavern or blacksmith in my realm

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    • we should be able to display Items on the hanging signs
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    I like this idea! It also looks very cool.

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    Good idea! Maybe could add a type of material for the Hanging signs and the hanging signs only

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    Reduce the size words

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    I like them as they are! However, it would be cool if there was a way to create type of both sides. For example you could write "Enter" on one side and "Exit" on the other side, or you could have type on one side and not have anything on the other side.

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    There should be an animation if a player hit them or touched them. They should sway as that would Improve the asthetics of the game

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    Hanging signs should be allowed to be edited by the person who placed it.

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    The recipe should be 6 planks and 2 iron nuggets instead of 6 stripped wood and 2 chains. Hanging signs do about the same thing as regular signs, so it doesn't make sense that they're so much more expensive than regular signs. Chains by themselves are already really expensive (costing 2 iron nuggets and 1 iron ingot for just a single chain), so including them in the crafting recipe for hanging signs just seems like way too much.

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    As I have seen many others say. I think the hanging signs would be best if they had the text on both side or maybe even by chance have have the text be changed, like each side can say something different.

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    seria interessante que as molduras recebessem os mesmos recursos que as placas receberam, então as molduras trazendo versões com correntes penduráveis ​​para sempre ao substituto usual são colocadas em superfícies sólidas como blocos, e isso valeria para ambas as molduras, sejam elas brilhantes ou os normais

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    -REDSTONE-

    They should give off a redstone signal when entities interact with them. Maybe even have a stone type where only players and mobs set off the redstone signal. Hook trap strings break when water or lava touch them... Signs don't. Great for water elevators builds and other applications involving fluids.

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    How about adding some drawings like an anvil, a pickaxe, a sword, a skull, a book, etc.
    Or add the ability to hang items on signs without losing them in the inventory and without the ability to remove the item on the sign

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    *Item frames and signs*
    Item frames could habe a better implemetation while combined whit signs, being able to put them in a "merged" form similar to the cake and candel .

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    Pretty cool but would be better if we could change length of which the chains are

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    U should make a item which spawns in a village which can carve it