Button

Button

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Transparency	Yes
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	2.5
Tool	Any tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Itself
Data values	See Data values
Name	See Data values

A button is a non-solid block which can provide temporary redstone power.

Obtaining

Stone buttons are broken more easily with pickaxes, and wooden buttons are broken more easily with axes.

Block	Stone	Wooden
Hardness	0.5	0.5
Tool
Breaking time
Hand	0.75	0.75
Wooden	0.4	0.4
Stone	0.2	0.2
Iron	0.15	0.15
Diamond	0.1	0.1
Golden	0.1	0.1

A button will also be removed and drop itself as an item:

• if its attachment block is moved, removed, or destroyed
• if water flows into its space
• if a piston tries to push it or moves a block into its space

A button will be destroyed without dropping itself as an item if lava flows into its space.

Crafting

Buttons can be crafted from stone for a stone button, or wood planks for a wooden button.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stone Button	Stone
Wooden Button	Any Wood Planks

Natural generation

Stone buttons are naturally generated in strongholds, next to iron doors.

Usage

See also: Redstone circuit

Redstone power

A button can be used as a monostable power source (it will automatically deactivate shortly after being activated).

Placement

To place a button, use the "Use Item/Place Block" control (right-click, by default) while aiming at the surface to which it should be attached.

A button can be attached to the side, bottom and top of any full solid opaque block (stone, dirt, blocks of gold, etc.).

Activation

Buttons are usually in an inactive state, but can be temporarily activated by players. To activate a placed button, use the "Use Item/Place Block" control (right-click, by default). A wooden button can also be activated by a fired arrow.

Mobs cannot activate buttons directly, but arrows fired by skeletons or dispensers can activate wooden buttons.

Behavior

When activated, a stone button will remain active for 10 redstone ticks (1 second, barring lag), while a wooden button will remain active for 15 redstone ticks (1.5 seconds, barring lag). A wooden button activated by a fired arrow will remain active until the arrow despawns after one minute or is picked up. Breaking a button hit by an arrow and placing it again will not auto-activate it, but using it an additional time will result in the button being pressed until the arrow despawns.

While active, a button:

• powers any adjacent redstone dust to power level 15, including beneath the button
• powers any adjacent redstone comparators or redstone repeaters facing away from the button to power level 15
• strongly powers its attachment block to power level 15
• activates any adjacent mechanism components, including above or below, such as pistons, redstone lamps, etc.

When a button changes state it will provide a redstone update to all redstone components adjacent to itself (including above and below), and to all redstone components adjacent to its attachment block.

Fuel

Wooden buttons can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 0.5 items per button.^{[Computer edition only]}

Data values

A button's type is defined by its ID name, and its orientation and activation status is stored in its block data. A button also has a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.

ID

A button's ID defines what type of button it is.

Name	ID Name	Block ID
Stone Button	minecraft:stone_button	77
Wooden Button	minecraft:wooden_button	143

Block data

See also: Data values

A button's block data stores its orientation, and whether it is active:

Bits	Values
0x1 0x2 0x4	Three bits storing a value from 0 to 5: 0: Button on block bottom facing down 1: Button on block side facing east 2: Button on block side facing west 3: Button on block side facing south 4: Button on block side facing north 5: Button on block top facing up
0x8	If this bit is set, the button is currently active.

Block state

See also: Block states

Name	Value	Description
facing	north south east west up down	The direction to the button, from the block it is attached to. Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing a button.
powered	true false	True if the button is currently activated.

History

Alpha
1.0.1				Added stone button in the Seecret Friday Update 3. Recipe Ingredients Crafting recipe Stone
Official release
1.4.2		12w34a		Added wooden buttons.
		12w34b		Changed crafting recipe for both stone and wooden buttons.
		12w37a		Changed redstone signal duration of the button from 9 to 12 redstone ticks
1.8		14w04a		Buttons are now able to be placed on the top and bottom of blocks.
1.9		15w43a		Wood buttons are given a different sound from stone buttons.
		16w02a		Wood buttons are now broken more easily with axes, and stone buttons are broken more easily with pickaxes.
1.11		16w33a		Wooden buttons can now be used in furnaces.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.13.0		build 1		Added buttons.
Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	Added stone buttons.
TU9				Added wooden buttons.
				Changed crafting recipe for stone button.
TU14		1.04		Wooden buttons can now be triggered by arrows.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3	Buttons are now able to be placed on the top and bottom of blocks.

Issues

Issues relating to “Button” are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.

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