How to assign keyboard shortcut to a vba macro?
Not all Vba code needs a GUI.
Some users love to run them using a shortcut key.
How to create a vba macro keyboard shortcut?
- Press Alt + F8 in Excel.
- Choose macro, then click options
- Enter any valid alphabet after [Ctrl + ] (Example: I)
- Click Ok.
Keyboard shortcut is assigned to a VBA Macro.
Creating a VBA Macro Keyboard Shortcut
To learn about it in detail lets see, how to do this step by step:
Step-1: Insert a Module in VBA project & Copy paste this code.
Sub Macro_Keyboard_Shortcut_Mapping()
MsgBox "Did you call me??"
End Sub
Step-2: From Excel sheet, press [Alt + F8] or select Menu -> Developer -> Macros
This option will display a popup windows with, list the macro sub procedures in your Excel vba project.
Step-3: Choose the macro that needs a keyboard shortcut & Click “Options” button.
Step-4: Enter any keyboard letter after the text box [Ctrl +] (For example: I) . Also, enter a short description about macro. Description is only a optional feature to let the user know about the functionality.
Step-5: Click ‘Ok’ button.
This completes the creation of a new Keyboard shortcut to a macro.
Caution: Do not use already defined system keyboard shortcuts like [Ctrl + C], [Ctrl+V]. This will make the shortcut to perform inconsistently.
Now, go to the Excel sheet & press [Ctrl + I]. Excel will read the mapping details for this keys combination and invoke the corresponding macro and you can see the message getting displayed as
“Did you call me?”
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