How to automatically expand formula bar in Excel?
When you select a cell in a worksheet, the contents of this cell will be displayed in the formula bar. By default, the formula bar displays only a single line content, and if the contents are longer than what can be displayed in a single line on the formula bar, the contents of the other lines will be hidden. This step-by-step guide demonstrates two methods to help expand formula bar automatically in Excel so that you can view all contents of the selected cell directly in the formula bar.
Automatically expand formula bar with VBA code
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Automatically expand formula bar with VBA code
You can apply the VBA below to expand the Formula Bar automatically when selecting a cell.
1. Open the worksheet where you want to expand the formula bar. Right-click the sheet tab, then select "View Code" from the right-clicking menu.
2. In the "Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications" window, copy and paste the following VBA code into the Code window.
VBA code: Automatically expand formula bar
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim xLen As Long
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.FormulaBarHeight = 1
If ActiveCell.HasFormula Then
xLen = Len(ActiveCell.Formula)
Else
xLen = Len(ActiveCell.Value)
End If
If xLen > 100 Then
With Application
.FormulaBarHeight = .Min(.Ceiling(xLen, 100), 600) / 100
End With
End If
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
3. Press "Alt" + "Q" keys simultaneously to close the "Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications" window.
From now on, when you select a cell with contents longer than a single line, the formula bar will automatically expand to display the full content.
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Here highly recommend a tool that can completely replace the formula bar in Excel. With the "Bigger Formula Bar" feature of "Kutools for Excel", you can easily view the complete contents of a cell no matter how long it is, and edit the contents at any position as you need.
1. Click "Kutools" > "Bigger Formula Bar" to enable this feature.
2. When selecting a cell, an edit window will pop up, you can view the complete contents of that cell or edit it as you need.
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