I want to extract the contents of a pulldown menu in excel. These are the attributes from Amazon offers sellers to list an item.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/rainier/help/btg/electronics_browse_tree_guide.xls
The problem is that data fields are grayed out & even after I unlock the spreadsheet I can't seem to get access to the part that stores the lists. Can I extract the contents using any software?
I'm assuming you're referring to the drop down in the Refinements sheet.
These values are being populated from a hidden sheet called DB. Just right click on any of the bottom tabs and select "Unhide."
You can also do this through the VBE (Alt + F11), selecting the sheet and then changing the "Visible" drop down.
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Short question:
Is there any way to tell which item is highlighted in a Data Validation cell drop down?
Details:
I'm trying to make a tooltip (using a form that follows the mouse when that cell is moused over; will have to change this to cover the dropdown area as well) that gives more information based on the current selection.
I want to do this for the current highlighted item in the list, so that the user can get more info without having to select the item then start over if it's not the one they want.
I also am trying to avoid using the Form Controls & ActiveX Controls. That's more by request from the person in charge than my decision.
My excel sheet has a lot of rows where I go over different problems. Is there a way to create a drop down menu at the top of my sheet that can automatically take me to a specific row depending on what problem I want to look at?
I know how to create a drop down menu with all of the problem names, but I don't know how to link each name in the drop down menu to a specific row number to move the screen down.
I'm looking for the solution in excel data validation for 2 drop down list.
When I choose 1st drop down list 2nd drop down list will auto populate the correct value from table. If user choose 2nd drop down list 1st drop down list will auto populate the value also.
Can someone help me on this issue ?
I attach the sample file for my problem.
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thanks!
Sample File
Trying to do a two way I don't think is going to work in the way you are trying so I am not surprised the examples you found were for one-way. I am open to being corrected.
You could hack around it for example using two form control listboxes linked to the same cell so a selection in one updates the other.
Then because an item might be out of view listbox underneath have two cells which use the linked cell to index back into the source lists.
In the example above, there are two list boxes from form controls in developer tab (customize ribbon > add developer tab.
Developer tab form control - 2nd from the right
You add two of these in to the sheet.
Right click format control on each one
Set the input range to the range containing your list of values for that listbox and set the linked cell e.g. G1
Ensure that whilst you select different input ranges for each list box, they should have the same linked cell e.g. G1.
Underneath the listboxes put a formula which uses the linked cell G1 to index back into the source lists for each listbox so you can retrieve the selected value and have it visible, in case not visible within listbox.
Example testing:
Hi i have a worksheet contain six columns, instead of use the Filter function from excel, I would like to create a dropdown menu that allows me to select the information from column A (strings) and then select information from colomn F (also string), how can I create that dropdown from VBA?
Thanks,
Your question isn't fully clear to me in terms of what sort of functionality you want this drop-down menu to have, but you would be best off to investigate the following:
A) Developer Tab > Insert > List Box
You can specify a data range for this drop-down menu and link it to a cell which updates its value based on the drop-down list selection.
B) Data Tab > Data Validation > Allow: List
This allows you to select a list of data that you want to have appear in a particular cell.
Perhaps these would be useful for what you are looking to accomplish.
I have embedded few documents in my excel sheet, into some specific cells. When I apply some filter, or re-size the size of any other row in the spreadsheet, these embedded documents tend to move from its cell.
It is pretty annoying to re-arrange them. Is there any way to make these documents stick in specific cells and to make sure they stay their no matter any kind of formatting that is done?
Select the documents (you can use the "Select Objects" functionality in the Home tabs "Find&Select" dropdown if you have a lot:
)
Go to the "Format Object..." dialog (right mouse click on any document - or Ctrl-1)
In the "Properties" tab, select "Move and size with cells":
Done!