Paul, I found an unintentional aspect. when I use the arrow keys and move over the cell, my sub fires. I'd like this event to only happen with a mouse click. Can I trap that event so it doesn't fire when I use the arrow keys? Thanks, Rob
On Feb 4, 12:45 pm, Paul Schreiner <schreiner_p...@att.net> wrote: > It's actually very easy! > > It's called a Selection_Change event. > > on the worksheet, right-click on the sheet "tab" name and select View Code. > in the VB Edit window, select the pull-down on the upper left and select > Worksheet > > The default event is the Worksheet_SelectionChange event! > the event gets passed the Range as the varible Target. > > I would suggest first checking to see if more than one cell is selected: > > If (target.count = 1) then > > next, check to see if the selected cell is in the appropriate column: > > if (target.column = 4) then > would check to see if the cell is in column "D". > > If it could be in a range of cells: use something like: > > If (Not Intersect(Range(Target.Address), Range("D2:K50")) Is Nothing) Then > > checks to see if the selected cell is in colums D-K > and rows 2 through 50 > > If these tests are met, then you can call the subroutine that changes to the > data sheet and filters the data based on the Target.Value > > let me know if you need further examples. > > Paul > > ________________________________ > From: rcamarda <robert.a.cama...@gmail.com> > To: MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS <excel-macros@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Fri, February 4, 2011 10:15:53 AM > Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Click on Cell - show filtered data on another sheet > > Hi, > I'm not sure if this is possible, so I thought I would cast a wide > net. > Description: I have an Excel spreadsheet with many sheets of summary > and detail information of employees. > On a summary sheet, I have rows that list job titles and the quantity > of employees with that job title in the adjacent cell. > I'd like to click on the summary number, and then change to the detail > sheet that shows just the employees with that job title. > My data is in Tables. I have already programmed setting and clearing > filters and navigating about the sheets, updating SQL, so I could > create a sub that does what I want, but I don't know what to search > about clicking a cell then start the process. Visually I'd like > something simple like a hyperlink. > The part that I don't know if possible is the click on a cell then > have something happen. > TIA > Rob > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > > Some important links for excel users: > 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links > :http://twitter.com/exceldailytip > 2. Join our LinkedIN group @http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 > 3. Excel tutorials athttp://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 4. Learn VBA Macros athttp://www.quickvba.blogspot.com > 5. Excel Tips and Tricks athttp://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Like our page on facebook , Just follow below > linkhttp://www.facebook.com/discussexcel -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel