How to activate IDEA's "Run Dashboard" feature

Add the run configurations to the Configurations available in Run Dashboard list in the Edit Run/Debug Configurations dialog under the Defaults (Templates in the current IDE versions) node:

dashboard

In Spring Boot projects Run Dashboard becomes enabled automatically if you have more than one run/debug configuration of this type.


@CrazyCoder is right, you need to have more than one "Spring boot run/debug configuration". Try to duplicate the one you already have and IntelliJ will automaticaly prompt you to run the dashboard.


I use Idea 2019.3 and this is how I managed to activate it.

  1. Open Services Tool Window (my shortcut is ALT+8)
  2. Add your Spring boot application if Idea didn't automatically recognized it.

Services window shortcut for faster opening

Services Window