Desk

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Details Panel
Desk
Break with:
GUI:
Light Level:
Version Added:
Block
Axe
Yes, Click
7
1.1.0
Additional Features
Can open and edit writing books
Remembers the last page in a writing book that is open
Can be used without the GUI
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Description

The desk will hold up to 9 books and allow the player to edit and read 1 book. Vanilla written books will even hold their page when on the desk. A small number of books from other mods also can be opened on the desk. The desk also supports adding vanilla carpet to the floor below the desk. Desk can also be connected to one another to create larger desks.

The desk also comes in the 6 different vanilla woods and in a framed block version which can be used with the Furniture Paneler to make it look like any solid block.

Usage

Player can place books directly on the desk by right clicking with an accepted book. Player must aim either at the front center space to add an open book, or one of the back 2 corners to add a book to either stack.If the player is looking at an open book on the desk and the open book is either a Book & Quill or a Signed Book then right clicking will opening the book GUI and allow the player to read and edit books on the table. The current page the player has the book open to is also saved. Right clicking the desk without an accepted book OR if the desk is full will open the storage GUI. Sneak clicking with an empty hand will pull a book off the Desk. If the player is looking at the open book, sneak-clicking will pick up that book, if the player is looking at the left stack, the place will pick up the top book from the stack, then the same for the right stack.

To add carpet, right click one of the four sides of the block with carpet in your hand. To remove carpet, sneak right-click one of the four sides of the block with an empty hand.

To attach desks to one another use the screw gun or the hand drill and sneak-right click a desk, than sneak right click a desk to the left or right of that desk to connect them and get a new style desk. Can be an unlimited number of desks wide. This only works with the new framed desks.

Recipe

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This block can be made from any of the 6 different vanilla woods or from framing sheets and framing boards (replace planks with sheet and slabs with boards) and will look like the wood that is used.

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Changelog

v1.10.0
*New feature – Attachable desks. Use the screw gun or hand drill and sneak-right click a desk, than sneak right click a desk to the left or right of that desk to connect them and get a new style desk. Can be an unlimited number of desks wide. This only works with the new framed desks.
*Added framed block version of the desk.
v1.8.0

*Upgraded Desk: Now supports carpets like tables and seats and also has proper hopper support. To add carpet, right click one of the four sides of the block with carpet in your hand. To remove carpet, sneak right-click one of the four sides of the block with an empty hand.
*Added support to the desk for the typewriter so if a book is created on the typewriter it will automatically be moved to the desk.
v1.5.0
*Upgraded Desk: Craftguide (from Craftguide mod) and the Railcraft Routing table can now be placed on desks and opened and used from the desk.
*Upgraded: Maps now display if placed on desks.
v1.4.0

*Fixed tables and desks not being a solid surface so that now flower pots and other items can be placed on top by sneak-clicking.
*Added support to the desk for the clipboard.
v1.3.1

* Added Support: The Thaumanomacron can now be opened from the wooden desk.
v1.2.0
*Tweaked Writing Desk – Players can now read and write vanilla Minecraft books on the table.  Also the   last page that was open is saved.  This works across a sever too so one player can open a book to a certain page and another player can view the book already open to that page. The player must be looking at the open book to open the interface. Shift-clicking still removes the book, but the player can look at either stack or the open book to remove the book of their choice.
*Added support for the reading glasses / monocle to the desk.
v1.1.3
*Removed fake block above desk that prevents other blocks from being placed on the desk.
v1.1.0 
*NEW BLOCK: Added the Desk. Player can place books directly on the desk by right clicking with an accepted book. Right clicking the desk without an accepted book OR if the desk is full will open the GUI. Sneak clicking with an empty hand will pull a book off the Desk.