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

Question

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!

Dwelling

FWIW, they are showing up for me, to the right of the find/paste options. Right click over the empty space to the end of a row of toolbar buttons, choose "Customize Menus and Toolbars", look in the Main Toolbar, and see if you can add them back. – Peccavi

@Peccavi I am totally lost. Can't right click anywhere in the tool bar at the top in the IDE. Can you provide a screen shot? – Dwelling

Answer 1

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

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:

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

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.

Best of Luck!

Peccavi

This action - right-clicking on an empty part of the toolbar - makes the assumption that the toolbar is actually visible. In Android Studio 3.1.1 at least, you need to make sure 'Toolbar' is ticked in the View menu before the toolbar displayed in this answer is visible. Without this, some of the controls will be visible to the right-hand side, but the blank space will not be right-clickable. – Enrollment

Works in Android Studio 3.1.3. – Pilaf

But not for 3.5.1. – Exclosure

For later versions of Android Studio see @MdNehaluddinHaider's answer: https://mcmap.net/q/319884/-how-can-i-show-39-back-39-39-forward-39-buttons-in-the-android-studio-3-0-1-ide-iguana-2023-2-1 – Grandson

Answer 2

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

Carlock

It was very frustrating trying to figure this out after having to reinstall AS. thank you – Lapith

Answer 3

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:

3. Select Menus and Toolbars and then open Navigate:

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

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

Pediculosis

Have the same problem in Android Studio Hedgehog, 2023 and this still solves the issue. thank you! – Morganne

works for me in lastest android studio version Hedgehog also – Shore

Thanks a lot! Very clean explanations – Esau

Answer 4

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

Firry

Answer 5

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

Ouabain

Answer 6

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.

Terena

Thnx for the info. Worked perfectly on Jellyfish. (These menus are now buried so deep that they're hard to find.) – Blacking

Answer 7

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

1. Right click on toolbar

2. Choose Add to Main Toolbar > Back / Forward option

3. On click on Back / Forward action, buttons will appear in toolbar.

Dunkin

Work like a charm on Koala version. This is the most effective solution because it doesn't change the default menu as the below solution. – Ferocity

Answer 8

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

Anselmo

Answer 9

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

Metalepsis

Same as https://mcmap.net/q/319884/-how-can-i-show-39-back-39-39-forward-39-buttons-in-the-android-studio-3-0-1-ide-iguana-2023-2-1 and other answers – Shoveler

Answer 10

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.

Understandable

Brother i have added the icons but they are not clickable. Kindly tell me if you have the solution – Warrantee

Answer 11

Simple step you can find in screenshot.

Just we need to enable toolbar

Eighty

Answer 12

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

Embezzle

Answer 13

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

Anastasia