IntelliJ 13 - Add Navigate Back/Forward to toolbar

Question

Jetbrains changed the toolbars in IntelliJ 13.

The Navigate Back & Forward arrows, shown here, used to be in the top toolbar and easily clickable.

Now the only way I can find to access these fields is to go to Navigate -> Back or Navigate -> Forward.

Does anyone know of a way to add these back/forward locations into an always visible toolbar like they were located in IntelliJ 12?

Answer 1

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OK, you can do this. Turn the toolbar on, with View > Toolbar. Right click it, and choose Customize Menus and Toolbars. In the Navigation Bar Toolbar folder, add the icons from Main menu > Navigate > Back / Forward, choose OK, then go and turn off the toolbar with View > Toolbar again.

Answer 2

For some reason the toolbar is not visible by default.

In the View menu, select Toolbar. That should fix it.

Answer 3

Here is just a reference image, where to find the top right bar in the settings.

(Note: This is PyCharm)

Answer 4

Just go to the "View" tab and check-enable "Toolbar"

*be noted that shortcut keys(ctrl+alt+ left/right) are not working

Answer 5

I am using Idea 13 and my toolbar already has these buttons:

The icon groups are:

file | undo/redo | cut/copy/paste | font size | back/forward | compile/run | vcs | config | help | jira | tasks

You should be looking at the back/forward buttons in the 5th group.

If you want to make the toolbar visible, it's one of the checkable options on the view menu.

Answer 6

IntelliJ IDEA 15

Show toolbar

• Method 1

  • View > Toolbar

    

• Method 2

  • Press Shift 2 times > write "toolbar" and click on the "switch button" to change "OFF" in "ON":

    

The toolbar already contains the "Back" and "Forward" buttons.

Configure toolbar

• Method 1

  • File > Settings... > Appearance & Behavior > Menus and Toolbars > Main Toolbar > select one row and click on "Add After..." if you want to add a new button (E.g.: if you accidentally removed the Forward button and you want it back)

    

• Method 2

  • Right click on the toolbar > Customize Menus and Toolbars...

    

  • Use the approach that is described in Method 1