Minecraft:Hanging Sign

Template:Infobox block A hanging sign is a variant of a Minecraft:sign that displays text, and can be placed underneath blocks or with a solid self-supporting bracket. The text of hanging signs can be customized with Minecraft:dyes and Minecraft:glow ink sacs, and they can be Minecraft:waxed to prevent edits.

Obtaining

Breaking

Hanging signs can be broken with any tool or without a tool, but an Minecraft:axe is fastest. Template:Breaking row

Hanging signs break and drop themselves as an Minecraft:item if the block the sign is attached to is moved, removed or destroyed. However, this is not the case if the hanging sign is attached to a wall.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Usage

Hanging signs can be used to display text; they can be used to label storage, display information to other players or note areas of interest. Hanging signs are also not destroyed by Minecraft:water or Minecraft:lava and therefore may be used to control the flow of these fluids.

Placement

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All hanging signs.

Hanging signs can be placed in three different ways:

• Placing a hanging sign on the side of a full block results in it being placed with a collidable self-supporting bracket, which allows it to then float freely even if said full block is broken. This version can be placed in four different directions.
• Placing a hanging sign on the bottom of a block results in the sign hanging below the block.
  • If the block is wide enough, the chains holding the sign are parallel. This version can be placed in four different directions.
• Placing a hanging sign under a narrow block such as chain results in it being placed the up-arrow shape.
  • If the block is too narrow, the chains meet together in a up-arrow shape. This version can be placed in sixteen different directions.
  • Placing a hanging sign on the bottom of a block while sneaking results in the sign being in the up-arrow shape.

Text

Template:Main In regards to text editing and formatting, hanging signs behave identically to regular signs, showing up to four lines of text. However, these lines are narrower than on regular sign, meaning that a hanging sign has less space for writing. Just like regular signs, hanging signs can be Minecraft:dyed, the text can be made to glow by Template:Control a Minecraft:glow ink sac on the sign (a change revertable with a regular Minecraft:ink sac), the sign can be waxed with a Minecraft:honeycomb to prevent further editing (an irreversible change), Minecraft:formatting codes can be used Template:In, and Template:In, the sign's content can be further customized with JSON text.

In Minecraft:Creative mode, the combination Template:Key + Template:Control on Windows/Linux, or Template:Key + Template:Control on macOS, can be used to copy an already-placed hanging sign, including its text (with decorations), into the player's inventory.

A dyed hanging sign facing east or west has text that appears more saturated and bright than a hanging sign facing north or south. However, it is actually the hanging sign that is dimmer, because Minecraft's lighting engine uses side lighting to make the world appear less flat, but the text on hanging signs is not affected by this.

Template:IN, inappropriate words or phrases in a hanging sign's text are displayed as hashtags.

Interaction

Hanging signs can be edited after being placed by Template:Control them, which opens the edit sign message GUI.

Hanging signs are destroyed and drop as an item when pushed by a Minecraft:piston.Template:Only

Hanging signs' mounting bracket are solid and have collision, the sign itself however does not.

Minecraft:Water and Minecraft:lava flow around hanging signs. Lava can create Minecraft:fire in Minecraft:air blocks next to hanging signs as if the hanging signs were flammable, but they do not burn (and cannot be burned by other methods either, except Template:In).

Fuel

Hanging signs made of logs found in the Overworld can be used as a fuel in Minecraft:furnaces, smelting 4 Minecraft:items per hanging signs. Hanging signs made of logs found in the Nether (crimson and warped) cannot be used as fuel in a furnace.

Sounds

Unique

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Data values

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Block states

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Hanging

Wall

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Block data

A sign has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

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See Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

History

Trivia

• The first concept art of hanging signs came from Minecraft:Agnes Larsson's daughter.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

Gallery

Screenshots

• Hanging sign GUI Template:In
  Hanging sign GUI Template:In
• All signs and hanging signs
  All signs and hanging signs
• Minecraft:Ari standing on top of a hanging sign
  Minecraft:Ari standing on top of a hanging sign
• Minecraft:Sunny looking at a double sided hanging sign
  Minecraft:Sunny looking at a double sided hanging sign
• Minecraft:Steve and Minecraft:Alex around a house with hanging signs
  Minecraft:Steve and Minecraft:Alex around a house with hanging signs
• Hanging signs on a house
  Hanging signs on a house
• Crafting a hanging sign in the Timeless Trails DLC
  Crafting a hanging sign in the Timeless Trails DLC

Mojang screenshots

• Hanging sign with small text
  Hanging sign with small text
• Hanging sign with large text
  Hanging sign with large text
• Text on hanging sign
  Text on hanging sign
• Text on hanging sign
  Text on hanging sign

Concept artwork

• Hanging sign concept art drawn by Minecraft:Agnes Larsson's daughter<ref name="agnes-daughter" />
  Hanging sign concept art drawn by Minecraft:Agnes Larsson's daughter<ref name="agnes-daughter" />
• Ditto
  Ditto
• Hanging sign dimensions concept art
  Hanging sign dimensions concept art
• Hanging sign crafting recipe, block states concept art
  Hanging sign crafting recipe, block states concept art

In other media

• Official artwork of a hanging sign, made for the 15th anniversary of Minecraft<ref>https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/15th-anniversary</ref>
  Official artwork of a hanging sign, made for the 15th anniversary of Minecraft<ref>https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/15th-anniversary</ref>
• A hanging sign in Template:Amcm
  A hanging sign in Template:Amcm

See also

• Minecraft:Chalkboard
• Minecraft:Sign

External links

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