Limit Scroll Area on an Excel Worksheet
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Limit Scroll Area on an Excel Worksheet
Excel VBA: Limit or Restrict Scroll Area on an Excel Worksheet
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Limit or Restrict Scroll Area on an Excel Worksheet.
With the aid of Excel VBA and the Worksheet Selection Event we can restrict the scrollable area on any Excel Worksheet. The code below must be placed in the Private Module of the Worksheet Object. To get their quickly, right click on the Sheet name tab and choose View Code. In here paste the code below. It will restrict the scroll area to only those cells which house data. Note it leaves one extra row and column. This is so more data can be added and the scrollable area is automatically expanded.
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim LastColumn As Integer
Dim LastRow As Long
If WorksheetFunction.CountA(Cells) > 0 Then
'Search for any entry, by searching backwards by Rows.
LastRow = Cells.Find(What:="*", After:=[A1], _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Row
If LastRow <> 65536 Then LastRow = LastRow + 1
'Search for any entry, by searching backwards by Columns.
LastColumn = Cells.Find(What:="*", After:=[A1], _
SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Column
If LastColumn <> 256 Then LastColumn = LastColumn + 1
Me.ScrollArea = Range(Cells(1, 1), Cells(LastRow, LastColumn)).Address
Else
Me.ScrollArea = ""
End If
End Sub
If you wish to use such code on all Worksheets in the Workbook. Place the code below into the Private Module of the Workbook Object (ThisWorkbook). To get here quickly right click on the Excel icon, top left next to File and choose View Code. In here paste the code below;
Private Sub Workbook_SheetSelectionChange(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal Target As Range)
Dim LastColumn As Integer
Dim LastRow As Long
Dim LastCell As Range
If WorksheetFunction.CountA(Sh.Cells) > 0 Then
'Search for any entry, by searching backwards by Rows.
LastRow = Sh.Cells.Find(What:="*", After:=Sh.Cells(1, 1), _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Row
If LastRow <> 65536 Then LastRow = LastRow + 1
'Search for any entry, by searching backwards by Columns.
LastColumn = Sh.Cells.Find(What:="*", After:=Sh.Cells(1, 1), _
SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Column
If LastColumn <> 256 Then LastColumn = LastColumn + 1
Sh.ScrollArea = Range(Cells(1, 1), Cells(LastRow, LastColumn)).Address
Else
Sh.ScrollArea = ""
End If
End Sub
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