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How to navigate between worksheets by using drop down list in Excel?

Author Xiaoyang Last modified

Supposing, you have a workbook which contains multiple worksheets, now, you need to create a drop down list or combo box which lists all sheet names and when you select one sheet name from the drop down list, it will jump to that sheet immediately. This article, I will introduce how to navigate between worksheets by using a drop down list in Excel.

Navigate between worksheets by using drop down list in Excel

Navigate between worksheets by using drop down list in Excel

To jump to each selected sheet by using a drop down list, please do with the following steps:

1. Click Developer > Insert > Combo Box (ActiveX Control), see screenshot:

click Combo Box from Developer tab

2. Then drag the mouse to draw a combo box, and then right-click it, select View Code from the context menu, see screenshot:

select View Code from the context menu

3. In the opened Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, copy and paste the following code to replace the original code, see screenshot:

VBA code: Navigate between worksheets by using drop down list

Private Sub ComboBox1_Change()
'Updateby Extendoffice
    If ComboBox1.ListIndex > -1 Then Sheets(ComboBox1.Text).Select
End Sub
Private Sub ComboBox1_DropButtonClick()
    Dim xSheet As Worksheet
    On Error Resume Next
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Application.EnableEvents = False
    If ComboBox1.ListCount <> ThisWorkbook.Sheets.Count Then
        ComboBox1.Clear
        For Each xSheet In ThisWorkbook.Sheets
            ComboBox1.AddItem xSheet.Name
        Next xSheet
    End If
    Application.EnableEvents = True
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Private Sub ComboBox1_GotFocus()
    If ComboBox1.ListCount <> 0 Then ComboBox1.DropDown
End Sub

copy and paste the code into the module

4. Then save and close this code window, and then click Design Mode to turn off the design mode, now, when selecting one sheet name from the combo box, it will go to that sheet at once, see screenshot:

click Design Mode to turn off the design mode, then go to the sheet by clicking the sheet name from the drop down

Navigate between worksheets by using hyperlinks or buttons:

With Kutools for Excel's Create List of Sheet Names utility, you can quickly list all worksheet names in a new sheet with hyperlinks or macro buttons, then you can navigate between them to your need.

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