How many rows did I select in Excel?

Is there an easy way to count the amount of rows I selected in a sheet?

I might be completely overlooking this but I don't see a counter or anything anywhere at all. The only counters I see is average, sum and cell count.


My approach is little different, and I would like to suggest you, a VBA Macro using Woksheet Selection Change Event to count selected Rows, which actually automates the Count.

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
 
 Dim i As Long, lngAreas, lngRows As Long
    
    lngAreas = Selection.Areas.Count
    
    lngRows = 0
    
    For i = 1 To lngAreas
        lngRows = lngRows + Selection.Areas(i).Rows.Count
    Next i
    
    MsgBox "There are " & lngRows & " rows selected"
End Sub

How it works:

  • Press ALT+F11 to open VB Editor.
  • Copy & Paste this Code & from File Menu click Close & Return to Microsoft Excel.
  • Save the WB as Macro enabled *.xlsm.
  • Select Cell/Rows, you get count through Message Box.

N.B.

This Macro will Count Row/Rows, as soon you select Row/Rows, using Mouse or Keyboard.


No. I don't think there would be anything built in.

However you can create a short macro and assign a hotkey to call it quickly:

Sub DisplayRowCount()
    MsgBox Selection.Rows.Count & " rows in the selection"
End Sub

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