How to follow hyperlink to hidden sheet in Excel?
For example, I have a workbook which contains multiple worksheets, the first master sheet has hyperlinks to other sheets, and now, I hide all sheets except the first one. In this case, the hyperlinks which link to hidden sheets are not available. But, how could you make these hyperlinks work successfully? When you click one hyperlink, the linked hidden sheet will be opened at once as following screenshot shown:
Follow hyperlink to open hidden sheet with VBA code
Follow hyperlink to open hidden sheet and then hide it again with VBA code
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Follow hyperlink to open hidden sheet with VBA code
The following VBA code may help you to open the hidden worksheet when clicking its relative hyperlink, please do as this:
1. Right click the sheet tab that you want to follow the hyperlink to hidden sheet, and then choose View Code from the context menu, in the popped out Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, please copy and paste the following code into the blank Module:
VBA code: Follow hyperlink to open hidden sheet:
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
'Updateby Extendoffice 20161109
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
On Error Resume Next
If Target.Column = 1 Then
Sheets(Target.Value).Visible = xlSheetVisible
Sheets(Target.Value).Select
End If
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Note: In the above code, the number 1 in this If Target.Column = 1 Then script indicates the column number which contains the hyperlinks, please change it your need.
2. Then save and close this code window, now, when you click the hyperlink which link to the specific hidden sheet, the hidden sheet will be opened at once.
Follow hyperlink to open hidden sheet and then hide it again with VBA code
Sometimes, you need to follow the hyperlink to open the hidden sheet, and when you go back the master sheet, you want the opened sheet to be hidden again. The below VBA code can do you a favor:
1. Right click the sheet tab that you want to follow the hyperlink to hidden sheet, and then choose View Code from the context menu, in the popped out Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, please copy and paste the following code into the blank Module:
VBA code: Follow hyperlink to open hidden sheet when go back hide it again:
Private Sub Worksheet_FollowHyperlink(ByVal Target As Hyperlink)
'Updateby Extendoffice 20161109
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim strLinkSheet As String
If InStr(Target.Parent, "!") > 0 Then
strLinkSheet = Left(Target.Parent, InStr(1, Target.Parent, "!") - 1)
Else
strLinkSheet = Target.Parent
End If
Sheets(strLinkSheet).Visible = True
Sheets(strLinkSheet).Select
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Private Sub Worksheet_Activate()
On Error Resume Next
Sheets(ActiveCell.Value2).Visible = False
End Sub
2. Then save ad clos the code window, when you click the hyperlink, the linked hidden sheet will be opened immediately, but, if you go back the master sheet which contains the hyperlinks, the opened sheet will be hidden automatically again.
Note: Theses codes are only applied to the sheet names which match your hyperlink text.
Demo: Follow hyperlink to open hidden sheet with VBA code
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