How to count total clicks in a specified cell in Excel?
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Count total clicks in a specified cell with VBA code
Count total clicks in a specified cell with VBA code
Please do as follows to count total clicks in a specified cell in Excel.
1. In the worksheet contains the cell you need to count its total clicks, right-click the sheet tab, and then click View Code from the context menu.
2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, please copy and paste below VBA code into the Code window.
VBA code: Count total clicks in a specified cell in Excel
Public xRgS, xRgD As Range
Public xNum As Long
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
On Error Resume Next
If Target.Cells.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub
Set xRgS = Range("E2")
If xRgS Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
Set xRgD = Range("H2")
If xRgD Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
If Intersect(xRgS, Target) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
xNum = xNum + 1
xRgD.Value = xNum
End Sub
Note: In the code, E2 is the cell you need to count its total clicks, and H2 is the output cell of the counting. Please change them as you need.
3. Press the Alt + Q keys to close the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
From now on, when clicking on cell E2 in this specified worksheet, the total clicks will be auto-populated in cell H2 as below screenshot shown. For example, if you click on the cell E2 5 times, number 5 will be displayed in cell H2.

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