Items in Crafter won't stack and instead take up a new slot
Items that have been stackable will now sometimes take up a new slot when put in a Crafter. For instance, I have a Pumpkin Pie farm, and even when the value of an item in a Crafter is stackable (for example, 7 pumpkins or 5 eggs) it still takes up a new slot in the crafter at seemingly random times. Is this an intended feature or a bug?
-SteveMulberry
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Items in Crafter won't stack and instead take up a new slot
Items that have been stackable will now sometimes take up a new slot when put in a Crafter. For instance, I have a Pumpkin Pie farm, and even when the value of an item in a Crafter is stackable (for example, 7 pumpkins or 5 eggs) it still takes up a new slot in the crafter at seemingly random times. Is this an intended feature or a bug?
-SteveMulberry

This seems to be the expected function
You can refer to the minecraft wiki
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