automatically highlight a row when a cell in that row is selected

[Dave F]

I imagine this is a pretty simple piece of VBA programming.

I want Excel to automatically highlight a row when I select a cell
from that row. For example, if I select G20, I want row 20 to be
highlighted, say, in yellow.

I'm using Excel 2007 and Windows XP if it matters.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Spreadsheet Solutions]

Dave;
Will this come in handy ?
You can change the color code (15) to your likings (3 = red).
Private Sub Workbook_SheetSelectionChange(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal Target
As Range)
'Toggles worksheet colors
'Code will remove all color and color active row and column

If ActiveCell.Interior.ColorIndex <> xlNone Then
Cells.Interior.ColorIndex = xlNone
Else
Cells.Interior.ColorIndex = xlNone
ActiveCell.EntireColumn.Interior.ColorIndex = 15
ActiveCell.EntireRow.Interior.ColorIndex = 15
End If

End Sub

 

[JP]

This might help:

http://www.codeforexcelandoutlook.com/blog/2009/08/color-your-target/

--JP

 

[Dave F]

This is exactly what I need.

Thanks.

This might help:

http://www.codeforexcelandoutlook.com/blog/2009/08/color-your-target/

--JP

 

[Rick Rothstein]

How about code that puts a border around the current row instead? This way,
if you have conditional formatting on your cells, the highlight will
cooperate with it. Give this a try. Right click the tab at the bottom of the
worksheet you want to have this functionality, select View Code from the
popup menu that appears and then copy/paste the following into the code
window that opened up...

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
On Error GoTo Whoops
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Cells.Borders.LineStyle = xlLineStyleNone
Target.EntireRow.BorderAround Weight:=xlMedium
Whoops:
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub