Select the drop-down list cell, go to “Formula”, click on “Name Manager”. In the new window, select “Place in the Document”, click on “Worksheet_Link” and press “OK”. Select cell “E3” press “CTRL+K” to create a link in this cell. Name this “E3” cell “Worksheet_Link” and click “OK”
In the newly popped window, click on “New” to give this cell a new name. In the cell “E3” make the drop-down list of “Hardware” and “Software”. Make a “Category” column where you will insert the worksheet name that you want to link with the list. In the Settings icon, choose List as the Validation criteria. Click on Data and select Data Tools Data Validation. Select a cell where we need to make the drop-down list. In the “Hardware” sheet, the data isĬreate another worksheet where we will make the hyperlink list. We have a list of elements, as demonstrated below: 2. Let’s learn!įirst, make two new worksheets and name them “Hardware” and “Software”. In this method, we will make a hyperlink drop-down list. Hyperlink Drop-Down List to Link a Cell Value You can change the list reference to check the link between the cells.ĥ. Select cell F4 and go to “Data Validation” and select “List”. Check on the “Top Row” and click “Ok”Īnd two specific names are created. To complete the task, select the “Hardware” and “Software” column, go to “Formula” and in the “Name Manager”, click on “Create From Selection”.įormula → Name Manager → Create from SelectionĪ new window popped out. We have our drop-down list for the columns. Now in the new window, click “OK” to make the list. Open the source field and select “Hardware” and “Software”. In the data validation dialogue box, select “List” as validation criteria. Drop-down lists is a feature of Excel that enables you to have users select an option from a predetermined list instead of them typing their own values. Select cell “E4” and go to “Data”, “Data Validation” We need to make a dependent list from that. Let’s discuss.Ĭonsider this example where the “Hardware” and “Software” columns are given with some data. The dependent drop-down list also can establish links to their cell values and auto-update. Dependent Drop-Down List to Link a Cell Value
So the cell values are linked with the list.Ģ. Similarly, if we add some values to the “Item” the list will auto add these values. Modifying, Adding, Inserting and Removing Items (Usin VBA): In order to modify, add, insert and remove items from a drop down list created using data. Delete some data from your data list.Īnd open the drop-down list and see that the list has auto-updated itself. Now let’s check whether this list is linked with a cell value or not. The new technique is much easier and simpler to perform and this technique is currently available in Excel for M365 Beta & Current Channel.=OFFSET($B$4,0,0,COUNTIF($B$4:$B$100,””)) When we added Nigeria in row 21 and we checked the drop-down, we can see that Nigeria is included in the List. The auto-expand drop-down list is created and the last country is USA in row 20 Of course, creating dynamic dropdowns requires a bit more time and more complex formulas, but I believe this is a worthy investment because once set up, such drop-down menus are real.
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Click inside the Source and deploy F3 (which opens the Paste Name) The main advantage of a dynamic Excel dependent drop-down list is that you are free to edit the source lists and your drop-down boxes will get updated on the fly.In cell F2, In the Data Tools group of the Data tab, click on Data Validation.In the Create Names from Selection, Top Row is fine.To create the auto-expand drop-down list in the old ways, the dataset must be formatted as an Excel Tables by pressing CTRL + T inside the data and click on OK in the Create Table intermediate dialogue box. The Data is already formatted as an Excel Tables in both sheets We have a simple Covid-19 dataset in the caption below. Kindly watch the video below and subscribe to the YouTube channel In this blog, we are going to look at the old school and the new school techniques of create auto-expand drop-down list in Excel.
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