how to show Back/Forward buttons in Android Studio 3.0.1 IDE

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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 short cut by keys are not looking a good choice for my situation. I want to show those 2 button 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. Any hints/help will be highly appreciated.

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

Thanks,

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. — CommonsWare, Mar 19 '18 at 18:01
@CommonsWare 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? — Shawn, Mar 19 '18 at 20:11

score 54 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 26 '18 at 13:31

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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.

Best of Luck!

edited Dec 26 '18 at 13:31

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answered Mar 19 '18 at 20:29

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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. – cro Apr 18 '18 at 09:21
Works in Android Studio 3.1.3. – Longxing Nov 14 '18 at 11:39
But not for 3.5.1. – FractalBob Nov 01 '19 at 05:09
For later versions of Android Studio see @MdNehaluddinHaider's answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/61519698/211292 – ThomasW Jul 31 '20 at 00:23

score 44 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 20 '18 at 08:50

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

answered Jun 20 '18 at 08:50

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It was very frustrating trying to figure this out after having to reinstall AS. thank you – lasec0203 Dec 09 '20 at 02:41

score 17 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 29 '20 at 03:31

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

answered Sep 29 '20 at 03:31

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score 9 · Answer 4 · answered May 09 '18 at 13:21

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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

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score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 01 '23 at 00:36

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

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

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 30 '20 at 09:03

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

answered Apr 30 '20 at 09:03

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score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 17 '23 at 14:17

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

Goto the Preferences/Settings.
Choose Appearance & Behaviour from the left menu:

Select Menus and Toolbars and then open Navigate:

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

Press Apply and then press OK to get the buttons.

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 30 '21 at 10:52

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

answered Mar 30 '21 at 10:52

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Same as https://stackoverflow.com/a/64112474/2227743 and other answers – Eric Aya Mar 30 '21 at 14:08

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered May 31 '22 at 10:11

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Simple step you can find in screenshot.

Just we need to enable toolbar

answered May 31 '22 at 10:11

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Sujit · Answer 10 · 2023-06-21T16:41:05.630

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This is missing atleast in Android studio Girafee | 2022.3.1 Beta 5. Hope they will add it in future updates. Added a feature request to google here in Google issue tracker. Please upvote if you want that feature. https://issuetracker.google.com/287713653

Update:

Now in Girafee 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 Back and Forward button.

edited Jun 21 '23 at 16:41

answered Jun 17 '23 at 16:28

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Brother i have added the icons but they are not clickable. Kindly tell me if you have the solution – Adam Noor Jul 27 '23 at 08:37

score 0 · Answer 11 · edited Nov 13 '19 at 15:21

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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

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how to show Back/Forward buttons in Android Studio 3.0.1 IDE

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