Assign new shortcut to tab through worksheets

[jcoop3r]

Hi message board,

I would like to assign the function of tabbing through worksheets to CTRL + Right / Left. I know this is already possible with CTRL + Page up / down, but I want to make life easier for myself =)

Any ideas? I can use VBA script so a technical answer is fine

Regards,

James

 

[Damon Ostrander]

Hi James,

I assume you mean Ctrl-Right Arrow, etc. You can do this using the following code:

Sub ActivateWorksheetToRight()
   If ActiveSheet.Index < Sheets.Count Then
      Sheets(ActiveSheet.Index + 1).Activate
   End If
End Sub

Sub ActivateWorksheetToLeft()
   If ActiveSheet.Index > 1 Then
      Sheets(ActiveSheet.Index - 1).Activate
   End If
End Sub

Sub SetKeys()
   Application.OnKey "^{RIGHT}", "ActivateWorksheetToRight"
   Application.OnKey "^{LEFT}", "ActivateWorksheetToLeft"
End Sub

Sub ResetKeys()
   Application.OnKey "^{RIGHT}"
   Application.OnKey "^{LEFT}"
End Sub

First, run the SetKeys macro. This assigns the Ctrl-Right and Left arrow key sequences to the two macros. When you are done and want to return the Ctrl-Right and Left arrow keystrokes to their default settings run the ResetKeys macro.

Of course, you can use this method to set just about any keystrokes to accomplish the page tabbing. I personally use Ctrl-Right and Left arrows quite a bit as I find their default functions to be quite useful, so I would be inclined to instead use something like Ctrl-+ and Ctrl-- (Control Plus and Control Minus) for the page tabbing.

Keep Excelling.

Damon