Eclipse: The selection did not contain any resource that can run on a server

Question

I am not able to run maven java web application project to the configured tomcat within eclipse ide.

Initially I could right click on the project and run it on tomcat s

Answer 1

I don't know if you solved your problem, but I had the exact same problem and could never fix it. Then I saved all my projects, deleted everything else, started Eclipse from 0 as if it had been just downloaded, re-installed plugins and started new projects copying my older projects' stuff. Yes, it took me like an hour and it's not an expert solution but sometimes it's better to just start over.