How to quickly jump to the adjacent cell based on the selection in an Excel dropdown list?
Have you ever imaged to jump to the adjacent cell based on the selection in a drop down list in Excel? For instance, here I have a drop down list in cell C1 which includes the weekday names, column A is the list of dates, and column B is the list of times. Now when I choose a weekday name form the drop down list, for example, Thursday, the cursor jumps to B5 which is adjacent to the Thursday in column A. In Excel, there is no built-in feature to solve this task, but with the powerful VBA code can.
Jump to adjacent cell based on value in drop down list by VBA
Jump to adjacent cell based on value in drop down list by VBA
1. Select a day you want to use from the drop down list, then press Alt + F11 keys to enable the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, paste below code to the Module.
VBA: Jump to adjacent cell based on value
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
'UpdatebyExtendoffice20161221
If Target.Address <> [C1].Address Then
Exit Sub
Else
JumpToCell
End If
End Sub
Sub JumpToCell()
Dim xRg, yRg As Range
Dim strAddress As String
strAddress = ""
Set yRg = Range("A2:A8")
For Each xRg In yRg
'MsgBox Cell.Value
If xRg.Value = ActiveCell.Value Then
strAddress = xRg.Address
End If
Next
If strAddress = "" Then
MsgBox "The Day You Selected in Cell D4 Was Not Found On " & ActiveSheet.Name, _
vbInformation, "Kutools for Excel"
Exit Sub
Else
Range(strAddress).Offset(0, 1).Select
End If
End Sub
3. Press F5 key, then the cursor jumps to the adjacent cell based on the value in drop down list.
In the VBA code, A2:A8 is the list which contains the values matching to the values in drop down list, you can change this reference as you need.
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