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Shawn
Shawn

Reputation: 779

How can I show 'Back'/'Forward' buttons in the Android Studio 3.0.1 IDE | Iguana 2023.2.1?

It's quite annoying since upgrading to Android Studio 3.0.1 such that the "Back/Forward" buttons are not displayed in tool bar at the top in IDE any more.

I know, I can select "Navigation-> Back/Forward", but obviously, it's very annoying if you Back/Forward frequently; also, the shortcut by keys are not looking a good choice for my situation. I want to show those two buttons in the IDE, or say, I prefer to click around with mice!

Digging around the settings in IDE and seemed not able to figure out how to achieve this simple goal.

To me, removing those simple buttons dramatically reduces the usability of the IDE!

Upvotes: 73

Views: 32668

Answers (14)

Tony
Tony

Reputation: 4591

Android Studio Ladybug | 2024.2.1 Patch 1

Right click on the bar below menu bar

You will find out all loving things

I did hate the new UI until I found them 😂

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Update: if you're stuck for something, try to restore defaults

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Upvotes: 6

Quick learner
Quick learner

Reputation: 11457

As of Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1, follow these steps:

  1. Right click on toolbar enter image description here

  2. Choose Add to Main Toolbar > Back / Forward option enter image description here

  3. On click on Back / Forward action, buttons will appear in toolbar. enter image description here

Upvotes: 13

SANAT
SANAT

Reputation: 9257

For Android Studio Giraffe | 2022.3.1, you need to perform the below steps:

  1. Goto the Preferences/Settings.

  2. Choose Appearance & Behaviour from the left menu:

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  3. Select Menus and Toolbars and then open Navigate:

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  4. Select Back and Forward buttons and drag and drop it to Main Toolbar Left or Right:

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  5. Press Apply and then press OK to get the buttons.

Upvotes: 52

shyam.y
shyam.y

Reputation: 1491

In Android Studio Giraffe (2023) and enabled new UI. If someone facing issue, follow the below steps.

Menu File → Settings → Appearance & Behavior → Menus and Toolbars.

Add the navigation actions (Main Menu* → Navigate → Back and Forward) to Main Toolbar Right or Main Toolbar Left.

Upvotes: 8

Sujit
Sujit

Reputation: 10622

This is missing at least in Android Studio Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Beta 5. I hope they will add it in future updates. I added a feature request to Google here in the Google issue tracker. Please upvote if you want that feature.

Now in Giraffe, the main toolbar is customizable in the new UI. You have to go to Settings → Appearance & Behavior → Menus and Toolbars → Main Toolbar Left and here you can see the Back and Forward button.

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Upvotes: 2

jesto paul
jesto paul

Reputation: 504

In Android Studio Giraffe New Theme you can achieve "back" and "forward" button by following below steps : Goto ToolBar --> right button --> Customize Toolbar --> Choose add action(+ icon) --> add action --> select Main Menu --> Navigate --> select "back" and "forward" buttons --> ok --> apply.

Then check your Toolbar, it will be reflected.

For ref : https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/customize-actions-menus-and-toolbars.html#add-toolbar-actions

Upvotes: 1

Sachidanand Pandit
Sachidanand Pandit

Reputation: 338

Simple step you can find in screenshot.

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Just we need to enable toolbar

Upvotes: 1

fucukur
fucukur

Reputation: 373

Eesy. View -> Appearance -> Toolbar. For Android Studio 4.2

Upvotes: 2

Arun Prajapati
Arun Prajapati

Reputation: 281

From Android Studio 4.0 you can go at the menu: View -> Appearance -> Toolbar

Upvotes: 17

Md Nehaluddin Haider
Md Nehaluddin Haider

Reputation: 1116

In Windows, just go to View> Appearance> Make sue Toolbar is checked. This is as per AS version 3.6.3

Upvotes: 3

Tuan Dao
Tuan Dao

Reputation: 107

Let use shortcut, if you use Ubuntu Linux, go setting --> keyboard --> navigation, change shortcut ctrl + alt + left/right to other. Default on AS is ctrl + alt + left

Upvotes: 0

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006529

In my Android Studio 3.0.1 installation, the buttons you seek are already in the main toolbar (see where the red arrow points):

navigation buttons in AS 3.0.1 main toolbar

To configure the contents of the toolbars, right-click over an open area in the toolbar panel and choose "Customize Menus and Toolbars..." from the context menu:

AS 3.0.1 toolbar context menu

That will bring up a dialog where you can see the contents of the main toolbar and manipulate those contents:

Menus and Toolbars dialog

In Android Studio 3.3 Canary 13:

Open View and then click Toolbar if it is unchecked. You will now get your toolbar with back and forward navigate buttons.

View Menu

Best of Luck!

Upvotes: 63

Maya Mohite
Maya Mohite

Reputation: 683

Click on "View" option in android studio(in top bar) and then click on "Toolbar" option.

Upvotes: 45

galaxigirl
galaxigirl

Reputation: 2540

For me it was simply going to the View tab and make sure Toolbar is checked. Voila! Friendly arrows back. credit to @cro comment how to show Back/Forward buttons in Android Studio 3.0.1 IDE

Upvotes: 9

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