Get Selected Cell Using VBA Macro

In some VBA macros, it is needed to get the selected cell (active cell) automatically. This may be required when developing simple as well as advanced macros. In a simple macro you might need to let the user select a cell before running the macro. Then macro will perform different tasks depending on the cell selected by the user. Also if you are developing advanced macros such as Games in Excel, then you may need to identify the active cell to make the game functional.

So now let’s see how to get the selected cell using VBA. I have selected cell B3 on my Excel sheet.

We can easily get the address of the selected cell like this.

Sub GetSelectedCellAddress()

MsgBox ActiveCell.Address

End Sub

Address of the Active cell will be shown in the message box if we run the above macro.

Address of the selected cell is shown in the message box

Also you can use the Split function to extract the column letter and the row number from the above result.

Learn how to use Split Function

However there is another way to get the row number of the active cell easily.

Sub GetSelectedCellRowNo()

MsgBox ActiveCell.Row

End Sub

Message box shows the row number of the active cell

You can use a similar way to get the column. But it will return the column number rather than the letter.

Sub GetSelectedCellColumnNo()

MsgBox ActiveCell.Column

End Sub

Message box shows the column number of the active cell

Also see

    Get Selected Rows Using VBA Macro
    How to find the name of an active chart using VBA
    Save a Workbook as a Single PDF Using VBA

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