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Anthony Smith
Jul 12, 2018Brass Contributor
How to highlight a cell and display a message when a checkbox is checked?
Hello, I am looking for a solution on how to highlight a specific cell when a checkbox (form) is checked. The range is A1:S104. I wish to highlight cell G66 when checkbox13 is selected. I would a...
- Jul 13, 2018
Hi Anthony,
This is can be done as below screenshot.
The Check Box 1 is powered by this macro:
Sub CheckBox1_Click()
If ActiveSheet.Shapes("Check Box 1").ControlFormat.Value = 1 Then
Range("G66").Interior.Color = vbYellow
MsgBox ("The cell G66 in now highlighted!")
Else
Range("G66").ClearFormats
End If
End SubPlease see the attached file.
Regards
Haytham Amairah
Jul 13, 2018Silver Contributor
Hi Anthony,
This is can be done as below screenshot.
The Check Box 1 is powered by this macro:
Sub CheckBox1_Click()
If ActiveSheet.Shapes("Check Box 1").ControlFormat.Value = 1 Then
Range("G66").Interior.Color = vbYellow
MsgBox ("The cell G66 in now highlighted!")
Else
Range("G66").ClearFormats
End If
End Sub
Please see the attached file.
Regards
- Anthony SmithJul 16, 2018Brass ContributorThank you so much. I just adjusted the code a bit to clear just the highlighting instead of all the formats.