Cannot click "next" when choosing root folder for remote project
I downloaded PHPStorm just now for the first time to evaluate it against other IDEs I'm using.
I'm having the most frustrating experience that I cannot continue through the setup process, and there is no feedback as to why Next is greyed out or won't let me continue.
I'm following the instructions found here for Creating a new project from existing sources on a remote server, and SFTP is the method chosen:
https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/PhpStorm/Creating+a+Project+in+PhpStorm
I can make it to the "Choose the root folder" selection screen, but it does not matter what I choose, the Next button is unclickable and I cannot continue.
Thoughts on why this would be happening?
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You need to select a folder that is your project's root (i.e. .../wwwroot/ or .../htdocs/someproject/) AND click on a "Project root" button in a same window. This would mark selected folder as a "project root" for IDE.
If that's not the issue - please attach a screenshot of a step you're having hard time with
Oh gosh, this was my issue as well, (only I was setting up local folder, no webserver). To be fair, that dialog is a confusing, I was convinced there was some sort of bug that wasn't allowing me to continue.
Also, there's no indication that you need to additionally click "project root". Can someone explain why that additional step is even there? It seems it should just default to "Choose the project root".
If the project developers are reading, I must admit, this is frustratingly unintuitive. Even after the comment from support, finding a button seemed difficult enough. I finally just started clicking randomly around the page until one of those at the top 'lit up.'
As a feature request, maybe make this more noticeable? It is super unclear that this is what's needed to proceed. That those were buttons would have been anyone's guess. Also, the documentation does not touch on this step at all, which makes using the documentation to try to achieve setting up a project even more of a challenge.
Yes, sure. It's a totally valid feature request, here it is actually: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WI-21977.
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Voted, thank you for the link Dmitry!