PyCharm run configurations not on main window

Adam Hughes :

PyCharm Community Edition as shown below on Ubuntu 18.04 box.

Notice the run configurations dropdown is not on my main window

Searched docs/settings/views and can't figure out how to get it attached to the main view. Anyone else have this issue?

LazyOne :

Thanks @LazyOne, your answer brought my attention to the navigation bar; however, when I enabled it as you suggested it was still hidden. This seems to be a known issue in IntelliJ with a known solution. I had to edit the PyCharm config file ~/.PyCharmCE2019.3/config/options/ui.lnf.xml, changing the following line the restarting the IDE:

<application>
  <component name="UISettings">
    ...
    <option name="SHOW_MAIN_MENU" value="true" />
    ...
  </component>
</application>

Somehow it got set to false...

LazyOne's original answer below

Main Menu | View | Appearance.

Either enable Navigation Bar to see file path navigation + small toolbar on the right ... or Toolbar to see a full toolbar (overkill as for me as you would barely use that many icons there).

A drop down with Run/Debug Configurations is part of both toolbars by default (full and small).

If you need to customize them -- Settings/Preferences | Appearance & Behavior | Menus and Toolbars:

P.S. Screenshots are from PhpStorm, but it should be the same for PyCharm (as they both based on IDEA platform).