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Question: Excel mindless list jumping

clarkie666 — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:53:54 -0800

Stop Excel from jumping to end of column when double clicking on cell border Man this is driving me crazy....is there any way of stopping Excel from jumping around when you accidently double click on a cell border, e.g. jumping to end of list when hitting the bottom border, to the top of a list when double-clicking on the top border.

This 'enhancement' is a pain in the ass when you are working on edits to a large list and one wrong double-click brings you to the end of the list whereby you have to find where you were working again.

In the absence of stopping - is there an event handler associated to it that can be macrozied, etc., or a go back to where I was shortcut...thanks!

By: flabdablet

flabdablet — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:39:00 -0800

I haven't tried this because I don't have ready access to Excel at present, but have you tried hitting ctrl-Z (undo) and then ctrl-Y (redo) immediately after this has happened to you?

By: clarkie666

clarkie666 — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:48:03 -0800

Thanks but no, there is no state change in excel, so nothing to undo

By: flabdablet

flabdablet — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:10:58 -0800

My thinking was that if you undid and redid whatever the last change was, you might well end up with the focus on the cell where the last change happened - which would count as a "go back to where I was" shortcut.

By: Andrew Brinton

Andrew Brinton — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:17:45 -0800

Google-fu found me this utility

Here

GoBack.zip (8 February 2005, Downloaded: 2227 times) Version 1.0 build 003.

Sometimes one has to edit a large workbook, with many worksheets. This tiny utility keeps a record of the ranges you have visited and gives you the opportunity to return to previous selections using two hot keys: control-alt-p to go to a previous selection and control-alt-n to go to the next. It also creates a toolbar with a dropdown to select a previous selection and to disable/enable the utility.

By: crapples

crapples — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:01:30 -0800

I don't know, but the best Excel forum that I've found is at www.mrexcel.com. Click on Message Board on the left. You'll have to create a free account before you can ask a question. I have asked these guys some of the toughest questions imaginable and they normally come through, often with brilliant solutions.

I messed around for about 15 minutes in Excel, and I can't find a way to turn off or disable the "feature" that you're referring to. Maybe it's impossible, but the Mr Excel guys will know.

By: rhapsodie

rhapsodie — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:20:02 -0800

OH MAN I hate this. I do not, however, have an answer for you, But I eagerly await one.

By: Touchstone

Touchstone — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:45:05 -0800

Rather than double clicking on a cell in order to edit the text, you can press the F2 key. You won't have to double click on any cells ever, so your problem won't occur.

Might be more trouble than its worth to switch change the way you work, but would make the problem go away.

By: clarkie666

clarkie666 — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:10:49 -0800

thanks for the comments folks, I will give it a shot at the excel forum and update if I get anything. AB - that looks like a way back to where you were even if there is no way of turning it off....this is just a really crappy 'feature'.

By: rhapsodie

rhapsodie — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:57:12 -0800

Emailed to me by Lurky McLurker, and it totally works! Yay!

(Because it has annoyed me for a long time, and I just found the answer.)
If you don't use Cell Drag and Drop, then your annoyance can be turned off.
Go to Tools > Options > Edit (tab) and uncheck the box for "Allow cell drag and drop".
Turning Off Cell Border Double-Click, microsoft.public.excel.misc, Aug 20 2003

By: clarkie666

clarkie666 — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:13:05 -0800

rhapsodie, Lurky McLurker and Laura Cook of Appleton, WI for the win. Thanks a million rhapsodie for posting. Note to Microsoft - get rid of this, it sucks...