Minecraft:Chalkboard

Template:ExclusiveTemplate:Unobtainable Template:Infobox block A chalkboard is a Minecraft:block that can display more text than a Minecraft:sign.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> Three sizes are available: 1×1 (slate), 2×1 (poster), and 3×2 (board).

Obtaining

Template:IN, chalkboards can be obtained in the Minecraft:Creative inventory or through the Template:Cmd command. Template:IN, chalkboards cannot be obtained by commands or the Creative inventory, and can only be obtained by using glitches or inventory editors.

Breaking

The suitable tool to break chalkboards is an Minecraft:axe. Template:Breaking row Chalkboards drop themselves when they are destroyed. Template:IN, chalkboards display no breaking animation and produce breaking particles with the placeholder texture.

Usage

A chalkboard can be used similarly to a Minecraft:sign, to display text. Once placed, players can press Template:Control on any chalkboard to open its UI. The "×" in the upper right corner of the board closes the edit screen and saves changes.

Placement

File:Wall chalkboards.png

Chalkboards on a wall

Chalkboards may be placed on the top or side of other blocks (including non-solid blocks like Minecraft:fences, Minecraft:glass, Minecraft:rails, and other chalkboards). To place a chalkboard, Template:Control a chalkboard item while pointing at the block the chalkboard should be attached to. To place a chalkboard on a block that can be interacted with by the Template:Control control (for example, Minecraft:chests, Minecraft:note blocks, etc.), Template:Control while placing the chalkboard.

1×1 slates placed on the top of a block stand on a short post, facing in the direction of the player who placed it, in any of 16 different directions. 2×1 posters and 2×3 boards can be placed in any of 4 different directions. Chalkboards placed on the side of a block simply float there, even if the block doesn't make contact with the chalkboards.

Text

Text can be entered using the same logic as sign editing. It also supports Minecraft:formatting codes, but not Minecraft:emojis.

When entering text, six lines of text are available for the slates and posters, while fifteen lines of text are available for the 2×3 boards. To switch between lines, the player can press Enter or the up/down arrow keys. The location of text currently selected has a flashing cursor.

While editing, typing and backspacing can occur at any point in the line by moving the cursor using the left and right arrow keys. Once the end of the line has been reached, the word is hyphenated and is continued on the next line.

After the editing window is closed, right-clicking on a chalkboard reopens the editing menu. Copy and paste can be performed, and no more than the basic/shifted keyboard characters may be entered.

• File:Slate UI.png
• File:Poster UI.png
• File:Board UI.png

Interaction

Chalkboards act as though they have a Template:Control action, so Template:Control is required to place blocks or use items while the cursor is pointed at them.

Unlike signs, boards block a Minecraft:piston from moving.

Boards have no collision box (they are completely non-solid), so Minecraft:items and Minecraft:mobs can move through boards blocks. Other blocks (including other boards) can be placed on any edge of a board.

Minecraft:Water and Minecraft:lava flow around boards. Lava can create Minecraft:fire in Minecraft:air blocks next to boards as if the boards were flammable, but the boards do not burn.

Data values

ID

Metadata

In Minecraft:Bedrock Edition, chalkboard items use the following data values:

Invalid data values yield a "Slate" with an invisible item texture, which functions the same as regular slates.

Block states

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Note: Chalkboards only use block states if it is on a wall. Template:Bst

Entity

ID

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History

Trivia

• The chalkboard texture is the only texture in the "textures/item" folder. Other textures like signs or banners are in the "textures/entity" folder.

Gallery

Textures

• Slate texture
  Slate texture
• Poster texture
  Poster texture
• Board texture
  Board texture

Screenshots

• The chalkboard placed in a world along with other Minecraft:Minecraft Education features
  The chalkboard placed in a world along with other Minecraft:Minecraft Education features
• The chalkboard in Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.16.0 alpha build 1
  The chalkboard in Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.16.0 alpha build 1

In other media

• Sprite of a chalkboard
  Sprite of a chalkboard