Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated June 1, 2024)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Excel in Microsoft 365
John needs to ensure that certain actions have taken place (information added, etc.) before a user leaves a worksheet. He wonders if there is some sort of macro event such as WorksheetBeforeDeactivate.
There are actually two events you could use for this purpose. You can use the SheetDeactivate event in the ThisWorkbook module to trigger actions whenever a user leaves any worksheet in the workbook:
Private Sub Workbook_SheetDeactivate(ByVal Sh As Object) MsgBox Prompt:="You just left sheet:" & Sh.Name End Sub
If you want to trigger actions only when they leave a particular worksheet, then you can use the Deactivate event in the WorkSheet object:
Private Sub Worksheet_Deactivate() ' sheet specific code goes here End Sub
You should know, however, that in either case the worksheet to which the user is choosing to go will be the active worksheet after the event is completed. If you want to force the user to stay on the worksheet, you need to specifically put them back on the worksheet, in this manner:
Private Sub Worksheet_Deactivate() ' sheet specific code goes here Sheets("Sheet1").Select End Sub
This assumes, of course, that the name of the worksheet you want the user to remain on is Sheet1.
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2024-06-03 12:48:49
J. Woolley
To simply re-activate a worksheet, the Worksheet.Activate method is preferred:
Private Sub Worksheet_Deactivate()
    ' sheet specific code goes here
    If MsgBox("Re-activate " & Me.Name & "?", vbYesNo) = vbYes Then
        Me.Activate
    End If
End Sub
The Worksheet.Select method is normally used to group/ungroup multiple sheets.
2024-06-01 08:16:54
Alex Blakenburg
Rather than hard code the Sheet name you could use
Me.Select
Not a great idea though since it will make it impossible to go to a different sheet.
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