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Automatically drop down list when focus on merged cells

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    Automatically drop down list when focus on merged cells

    Hi everybody!

    I try to automatically drop down the list when I set focus on my merged cells L8:O8 in my sheet.

    I use the following code, but it doesn't work.

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    Any idea why?

    THX for the help!
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    Re: Automatically drop down list when focus on merged cells

    Hi boboivan, try this:

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    Re: Automatically drop down list when focus on merged cells

    Thank you Arkadi!

    Works fine, but it seems like it's a problem though with the num lock key.
    When I set focus on the range, the num lock turns off.
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    Re: Automatically drop down list when focus on merged cells

    Thank you Kamboj!

    Arhadi's solution works.

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    Re: Automatically drop down list when focus on merged cells

    boboivan, yes it is a known bug... let me look into it.

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    Re: Automatically drop down list when focus on merged cells

    The solution to this problem is to create a module with the following code:
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    After that, the code should look like this:

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    Works like a charm!
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