Directional buttons

[laingds]

I have a time sheet I want to put directional buttons on similar to a
calendar so you can move forward and backward to view different pay
periods.
Each pay period is 2 weeks long taking up 14 columns + 1 column for
NOTES + 1 column for a border, so every pay period is 16 columns wide.
Using the Macro Recorder in Excel 2007 it used this;
ActiveWindow.ScrollColumn = 21 or 37 or 53 etc. Could I count what
column the user is looking at and substitute the number after
ActiveWindow.ScrollColumn = with n+ or – 16 ?
Is this the best method for moving the focus for a user or can someone
suggest something better?

 

[GS]

(e-mail address removed) brought next idea :

I have a time sheet I want to put directional buttons on similar to a
calendar so you can move forward and backward to view different pay
periods.
Each pay period is 2 weeks long taking up 14 columns + 1 column for
NOTES + 1 column for a border, so every pay period is 16 columns wide.
Using the Macro Recorder in Excel 2007 it used this;
ActiveWindow.ScrollColumn = 21 or 37 or 53 etc. Could I count what
column the user is looking at and substitute the number after
ActiveWindow.ScrollColumn = with n+ or – 16 ?
Is this the best method for moving the focus for a user or can someone
suggest something better?

I can see where this isn't going to serve your purpose too well if
users use the tab key or arrow keys to navigate. Why can't they just
hold down the 'Alt' key while pressing PageUP (scroll left) or PageDn
(scroll right)?

 

[laingds]

(e-mail address removed) brought next idea :


I can see where this isn't going to serve your purpose too well if
users use the tab key or arrow keys to navigate. Why can't they just
hold down the 'Alt' key while pressing PageUP (scroll left) or PageDn
(scroll right)?

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Different users have different size screens so using Alt PageUP might
work on some screens but not for others. Any thoughts on vb coding
which might work?

 

[Gord]

Sub goright()
On Error Resume Next
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 16).Select
End Sub

Sub goleft()
On Error Resume Next
ActiveCell.Offset(0, -16).Select
End Sub


Gord Dibben Microsoft Excel MVP

 

[GS]

(e-mail address removed) used his keyboard to write :

Different users have different size screens so using Alt PageUP might
work on some screens but not for others. Any thoughts on vb coding
which might work?

Well, Alt+[PageUp/PageDn] WILL work on all screens but the scroll would
not necessarily be 16 columns at a time because it will be fixed to
however many columns fit the screen.

Gord offers a VBA solution and I won't give you such a simplistic way
to handle it. I have a project that scrolls 'modules' into view one
module at a time using a combobox. The modules may have any number of
columns each, not necessarily the same number in each. That said, the
code to manage this is fairly complex because it compensates for
wherever the user has navigated by any other means (tab, keyboard).
Each module is assigned a defined name when inserted in the wks, making
it much easier to manage/manipulate views as some modules can be
grouped for display while other modules are hidden (and vice versa).