PhpStorm Deployment menu greyed out

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

Solution 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.

Solution 2:

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.

Solution 3:

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

Solution 4:

Also, if the Deployment menu is completely missing at the bottom of the context menu, then set up a default server.

Click the server with the check mark to make a server the default option for a project.

Then you will get this additional menu when you right click on a file, folder, or the project.