How to hide columns in real-time based on user input in Excel?
Hiding columns in Excel may be a common task, but have you ever tried to hide columns automatically based on specific input values? For example, when I enter the text “AA” in a cell, column A is hidden; when I enter “BB,” columns B and C are hidden; when entering “CC,” columns D and E are hidden; when entering “DD,” column F is hidden, as shown in the demo below. This article will provide a VBA code for solving it in Excel.
Use VBA code to hide or unhide columns in real-time based on user input
Use VBA code to hide or unhide certain columns based on user input
Use VBA code to hide or unhide columns in real-time based on user input
To hide the specific columns in real-time based on input values, please apply the below VBA code:
1. In the worksheet where you want to hide columns, right click the sheet tab, and then click "View Code" from the context menu, see screenshot
2. In the opened "Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications" window, copy and paste the following VBA code in the "Sheet (Code)" window.
VBA code: Hide columns in real-time based on user input
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
'Updateby ExtendOffice
xcell = Range("K1").Value
Select Case xcell
Case "AA": Columns("A").EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Columns("A").EntireColumn.Hidden = True
Case "BB": Columns("B:C").EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Columns("B:C").EntireColumn.Hidden = True
Case "CC": Columns("D:E").EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Columns("D:E").EntireColumn.Hidden = True
Case "DD": Columns("F").EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Columns("F").EntireColumn.Hidden = True
Case Else
Columns("A:G").EntireColumn.Hidden = False
End Select
End Sub
- Case "AA": Columns("A").EntireColumn.Hidden = False
- Columns("A").EntireColumn.Hidden = True
3. Then, close the code window. Now, when entering “AA” in cell K1, and press "Enter" key, the column A is hidden; when entering “BB”, and press "Enter" key, the column B and C are hidden, and so on. If you enter any other value or delete the content, the hidden columns will be displayed at once, see below demo:
Use VBA code to hide or unhide certain columns based on user input
In this example, I will go to filter a data range based on an entered product name. When I enter “Hoodie”, only Hoodie information is displayed and other columns will be hidden at once; and when I enter “All”, all columns will be displayed as below demo shown:
1. In the worksheet where you want to hide columns, right click the sheet tab, and then click "View Code" from the context menu, see screenshot:
2. In the opened "Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications" window, copy and paste the following VBA code in the "Sheet (Code)" window.
VBA code: Hide or unhide columns to filter data based on user input
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
'Updateby ExtendOffice
Dim x As Variant, y As String
If Target.Address = "$K$1" Then
y = Target.Value
With Range("B1:H1")
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
.EntireColumn.Hidden = (y <> "All")
If y <> "All" Then
For Each x In .Cells
If x = y Then x.EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Next
End If
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End With
End If
End Sub
3. Then, close the code window. Now, if you enter the product name into cell K1, only the corresponding columns will be displayed, the other will be hidden; and if you enter the text “All”, all columns will appear as below demo shown:
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