XL97: List Box Click Event May Not Occur (170305)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q170305

SYMPTOMS

When you create a macro and attach it to the Click event for a ListBox control, the macro may not run when you click the list box.

CAUSE

When you create a Click event macro that is attached to a ListBox control, the macro runs only when the value in the ListBox control changes. The Click event does not occur if you click the same value in the control.

RESOLUTION

To run a macro whenever you click a ListBox control, use another event, such as the MouseDown or MouseUp event. For more information, please see the example in the "More Information" section in this article.

MORE INFORMATION

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The following example uses the MouseUp event for a ListBox control on a UserForm:

  1. Save and close all open workbooks, and then create a new workbook.
  2. Enter the following on Sheet1:

    A1: a
    A2: b
    A3: c

  3. Press ALT+F11 to start the Visual Basic Editor.
  4. On the Insert menu, click UserForm to insert a UserForm into the project.
  5. Draw a ListBox control on the UserForm and set the RowSource property to the following value:

    Sheet1!A1:A3

  6. Double-click the ListBox control to display the module associated with the UserForm.
  7. Enter the following code for the MouseUp event: 
          Private Sub ListBox1_MouseUp(ByVal Button As Integer, _
         ByVal Shift As Integer, ByVal X As Single, ByVal Y As Single)

         MsgBox "Current ListBox value: " & ListBox1.Value

      End Sub
  8. Run the UserForm.
  9. Click any item in the list box.
A message box appears with the value of the currently selected item.

REFERENCES

For more information about the Click event, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type click event,click Search, and then click to view "Click Event."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/22/2000
Keywords:kbcode kbprb kbProgramming KB170305
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