如何根据在Excel中单击的值突出显示多个单元格

Question

Context

The Excel file is made up of 2 parts.

1. A regular data set (Picture included below)
2. 2D-representation of multiple machine modules and their corresponding cable trenches.

The Task

I'd like to highlight the corresponding cells in the 2D-representations when I click on an ID in the data set .

This mockup-image shows the desired effect. As seen in the image, there are multiple cells with duplicate values in the 2D-represenatation that needs highlighting

How would one go about doing something like this?

Answer 1

You should use VBA as Jerry says. I would look at the Worksheet_SelectionChange Event To trigger the highlighting and use a for-loop to go trough the columns to check if the corresponding cell needs to be highlighted.

Answer 2

As Alex suggested, the Worksheet_SelectionChange Event was a the way to go. It is now working as intended.

Here's what I wrote.

\\Constructor
\\ResetColors
\\MakeTrenchYellow subroutines here.

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
    If Target.Column = 1 And 3 - Selection.Cells.Count > 1 Then
        Constructor
        ResetColors

        Dim SelectedRowTextjoin As String
        SelectedRowTextjoin = Target.Offset(0, 6).Value

        Dim CurrentResult As Variant
        CurrentResult = Split(SelectedRowTextjoin, ", ")

        Dim AmountOfElements As Integer
        For Each Item In CurrentResult
            AmountOfElements = AmountOfElements + 1
        Next

        For i = 1 To AmountOfElements
            MakeTrenchYellow (CurrentResult(i - 1))
        Next i
    End If
End Sub