PhpStorm Deployment menu greyed out

Question

I've added a server in PhpStorm deployment settings but the Tools -> Deployment -> Upload to menu is still greyed out.

Answer 1

You need to specify a deployment path mapping in your server. Even if it's just the root path, you need to enter /. PhpStorm doesn't do it automatically.

Go to your server in deployment settings, click the 'Mappings' tab and enter slash (or your mapping) in the 'Deployment path on server' field. You don't need to enter a web path. Deployment menu should be ungreyed now.

Answer 2

In version 2019.2, if you dont set the path to / in mapping, it will grayed out. Previous version, you could leave it blank

Answer 3

Also, if your local path (inside mappings configuration) is not your project root, you have to click on the deployable folder in the project tree to enable the menu.