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Michellerennolds
Aug 07, 2025Copper Contributor
VBA multiple select no repeat dropdown not working
Hello, I have an excel with one column as a multiple select no repeat dropdown. It was working fine until I added a row now none of the column will allow multiple select. I have used the data vali...
m_tarler
Aug 08, 2025Bronze Contributor
First of all that code paste is a mess so I cleaned it up (so I and others can read it)
But I don't see any problem with the code and it works in a sheet I tried.
I tried 'breaking' it using multiple non-continuous ranges of data validation and different types of data validation and they all worked fine. The only thing is that the code must be on the worksheet you are working on.
Maybe if you could supply the broken workbook (no confidential information please) or explain better what you did when you 'added a row'
Option Explicit
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Destination As Range)
Dim DelimiterType As String
Dim rngDropdown As Range
Dim oldValue As String
Dim newValue As String
DelimiterType = ", "
If Destination.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub
On Error Resume Next
Set rngDropdown = Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeAllValidation)
On Error GoTo exitError
If rngDropdown Is Nothing Then GoTo exitError
If Intersect(Destination, rngDropdown) Is Nothing Then
'do nothing
Else
Application.EnableEvents = False
newValue = Destination.Value
Application.Undo
oldValue = Destination.Value
Destination.Value = newValue
If oldValue = "" Then
'do nothing
Else
If newValue = "" Then
'do nothing
Else
Destination.Value = oldValue & DelimiterType & newValue
' add new value with delimiter
End If
End If
End If
exitError:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
End Sub