That sounds like a bug that was happening with the initial release of CC 2019 InDesign. It should go away if you update to the latest version (14.0.1). If it doesn't go away initially try trashing your InDesign cache files (not the same as trashing preferences). This should restore whatever is missing from the Control Panel.
To trash cache files:
For Macintosh Users: The User Library folder in which InDesign’s cache files are stored is hidden by default on most Macintoshes. To access it make sure that InDesign is closed and click on the desktop to launch a Finder Window (Command-N).With this window in column view follow the path User>Home folder (it’s the folder with an icon that looks like a house—it may have the user’s name rather than “Home”) and click on the Home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. “Library” will now appear within the Home folder. Within the Library folder find the “Caches” folder. Within the Caches folder find and delete the entire folder “Adobe InDesign”. I find that deleting the InDesign cache folder completely leads to a lasting change.
For Windows Users: On Windows 7 and above the caches files are hidden. To find them go to the Control Panel and open Folder Options and then click the View tab. Then select “Show hidden files and folders” or “Show hidden files, folders or drive options” in Advanced Settings. Then delete (or rename) the folder at the end of this path: C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Local\Adobe\InDesign\Version [#]\<Language>\Cache.
Just one more thing in case I am not interpreting this correctly as the translation isn't perfect. The default for CC 2019 is to have the new Properties Panel launched instead of the Control Panel. To get the Control Panel to show you can either use the Essentials Classic workspace or you can find and launch the Control Panel under the Window Menu.
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