The VBA Guide For Using Userform ListBox ControlsJanuary 22, 2019 Chris Newman What Are ListBox Controls?ListBoxes are a great way to manage tables within your userform. I have used them in the past to allow users to manage rows of information without necessary displaying all that information within the userform itself. There are a lot of neat things you can do with a userform so Ive collected some of the more popular tasks you may want to know how to write within your VBA code. Show
For all the example VBA code snippets, the name of the listbox with be called ListBox1. I also have a downloadable example file that you can get for free if you want to see a lot of this code in action. Enjoy! Already Subscribed? Click HERE to log-in to the "Example Files" section Add An Item to The ListBoxTo The EndSee this content in the original post To A Specific PositionRemember ListBoxes are zero based, so the first item is really at position 0. So if you want to add an item to the 5th position, you need to reference number 4 in the AddItem function. See this content in the original post Add Multiple Items To The ListBoxIndividually WrittenSee this content in the original post From An Array ListSee this content in the original post From A Cell RangeSee this content in the original post From A Table Object (ListObject)See this content in the original post Delete ListBox ItemsRemove An Item From The ListBoxSee this content in the original post Remove Selected Item(s) From The ListBoxSee this content in the original post Remove All Items From The ListBoxSee this content in the original post Listbox Selected ItemsSelect A Specific Item In The ListBoxSee this content in the original post Deselect All ItemsUnfortunately, the ListIndex = -1 method does not work when a ListBox allows for multiple selections. Hence, the below code tests for the ListBoxs selection mode. See this content in the original post Count How Many Items Are Selected (Function)See this content in the original post Count How Many Items Are In The ListBoxSee this content in the original post Move Selected Item Up/DownMove Selection Up One PositionSee this content in the original post Move Selection Down One PositionSee this content in the original post Additional Resources
Anything To Add?I know there are a TON of things you can do with ListBoxes and if there are actions your are stuck trying to figure out, leave a comment below and I will try to add them to the guide. Please only ask for generic tasks and not super specific ones. Also, if there is a more simplistic way to carry out some of these tasks, let me know! Discover more from TheSpreadsheetGuru |
