I have a userform that fills a table cell either red, amber or green to RAG rate reports - something I do a lot, so this is a really good time saver. My issue is that I have to click twice to return to select the next cell. So:

Current cell active, click colour button on userform and it fills the cell (great)
Userform remains active, so I need to click the document away from the userform to gain focus, then click the next cell I want (not so great).



https://www.loom.com/share/c34bdc89d...f-2ffceee0e374

I'm assuming you must be displaying the form with .Show vbModeless.


In each command button event. Add Application.Activate


Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Selection.Cells(1).Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorAqua
Application.Activate
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
Selection.Cells(1).Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorBlue
Application.Activate
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton3_Click()
Selection.Cells(1).Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorBrightGreen
Application.Activate
End Sub

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Spot on - thank you! I spent 20 minutes with ChatGPT trying to do this and it couldn't figure it out - works a dream, thank you!

Its ChatGPT one of those Artificial Idiots? If so, no wonder.

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Ha, that's it - got me half way there creating the form and the buttons but not the rest!

A shame really. Those gizmos have cut the volume in these forums to a trickle. From my experience, the solutions they provide are usually half baked, if that.

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Absolutely true - I used it for something for my website, wrote me a php function that worked a treat. I asked, "is this secure?" The response was essentially, "oh no, not at all."

It's useful it you have some knowledge - but like this example, I don't know what I don't know so how no idea how to fix it so was clearly asking the wrong questions.