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An item frame is an entityTemplate:only or block entityTemplate:only that displays the item or block that is inside it.

A glow item frame keeps itself and the item inside it illuminated, even in the dark.

Obtaining

Breaking

Template:IN, an empty item frame can be broken simply by punching it. If the item frame contains an item, punching it drops the item, leaving the frame on the wall.

Because item frames are entities Template:in, they can be broken in Adventure mode. They will also be targeted by commands using the @e selector.Template:only

Natural generation

An item frame containing a pair of elytra generates in each end ship.

File:BoatElytra.png

An item frame naturally generating in an end ship.

Trading

Expert-level cartographer villagers have a chance to sell an item frame for 7 emeralds.

Usage

Item display

File:Item Frame (map filled partial).png

Item frame with partially filled map

Item frames can be placed on the sides of cactus blocks, pressure plates, fences, trees, slabs, cobblestone walls, chests, doors, and all solid blocks. They can also be placed on the top and bottom of these blocks. To place on chests and doors, the player needs to be sneaking. As item frames are an entity, multiple item frames can occupy the same block, although on different faces. It also allows non-solid blocks to occupy the same space.Template:only

Players can place items in the frame by Template:control the item. If a map is placed in an item frame, it enlarges to show the map in the size of a full block, with the item frame's location displayed as a green pointer on the map, pointing in the direction the item frame is facing. If this is done in the Nether, the green cursor spins around similar to the white cursor (players). If an item in an item frame has been renamed using an anvil, it displays its custom name when the cursor is over the item frame. If the player places a block inside the frame, it is displayed in miniature half in, half out of the block. This can be most notably seen on stairs or slabs.

Template:control may be used on item frames by players in creative mode only, the control has no effect for players in survival or adventure mode. When the item frame is displaying an item, Template:control picks the displayed item instead of the item frame.

Item frames can be placed on the lid of a shulker box that is positioned horizontally, but pop off when the lid is opened.Template:only

Rotation

The displayed item can then be rotated by right-clicking the frame. Items displayed in the item frame can turn 45° diagonally, with a total of 8 possibilities (90° and 4 possibilities if it is a map), and the frame outputs a redstone signal depending on the rotation phase that can be interpreted by a redstone comparator (note that this rotation value is separate from the clock or compass rotation). As long as the frame remains placed, it remembers the orientation of the last item it held, and uses it for the next item it holds.Template:only

Glow Item Frames

File:Item Frames Comparison.png

Comparison between ordinary item frame and glow item frame in the dark.

When an item is placed inside a glow item frame, it appears to glow, even though it does not emit any light.

Sounds

Glowing item frames currently do not have different sounds. Template:Sound table Template:Sound table Template:Sound table Template:Sound table Template:Sound table

Data values

ID

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Block states

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Item data

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• Template:nbt tag: The item's tag tag.

Player.dat format/Entity SpawnersUnlike spawn eggs, cannot change the type of entity created using the id tag. Data that item frames do not normally use (see below) has no effect.

Entity data

Template:IN, item frames have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

Block data

Template:IN, an item frame has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Video

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Gallery

• Suggestion for itemframes.png

  Original Reddit image suggesting item frames and flower pots.

• Item frame2.png

  Dinnerbone's first screenshot showing armor and weapons.

• Item frame3.png

  Dinnerbone's second screenshot showing a map, a compass, and two diamond swords.

• Item frame4.png

  Dinnerbone's third screenshot showing a golden sword in all directions, the item frame item itself, and a working clock.

• Item frame1.png

  Jeb's screenshot of the item frame.

• FlowerPot.png

  Snapshot showing plant pots and item frames.

• Item frame5.png

  Snapshot image of an ender pearl in an item frame.

• Frame fireplace.png

  An image of a fireplace retweeted by Dinnerbone.

• SOATPC.png

  An image tweeted by Dinnerbone showing how hovering over an item frame containing a renamed item shows a name tag.

Trivia

• The item frame is based upon a suggestion on Reddit, like the ender chest and flower pot.
• The item frame is the only entity to reference a block model.Template:only Because of this, the texture of the frame border is the same as the birch planks texture.
• Item frame is the only placeable item that can interfere with other non-full block entities.

Gallery

• Slab Frame.png

  An item frame on the side of a slab.

• ItemFrameBoxed.png

  Four item frames in a one-block space.Template:only

• Item Frames Woodbase.png

  The frame itself uses the texture of birch planks.

• Item Frame rotation.gif

  The rotation of an item in an item frame.

• Front-back-itemframe.png

  The front and back of an item frame are the same.