Application.Selection property (Excel)
Returns the currently selected object on the active worksheet for an Application object. Returns Nothing if no objects are selected. Use the Select method to set the selection, and use the TypeName function to discover the kind of object that is selected.
expression.Selection
expression A variable that represents an Application object.
The returned object type depends on the current selection (for example, if a cell is selected, this property returns a Range object). The Selection property returns Nothing if nothing is selected.
Using this property with no object qualifier is equivalent to using Application.Selection.
This example clears the selection on Sheet1 (assuming that the selection is a range of cells).
Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate
Selection.Clear
This example displays the Visual Basic object type of the selection.
Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate
MsgBox "The selection object type is " & TypeName(Selection)
This example displays information about the current selection.
Sub TestSelection( )
Dim str As String
Select Case TypeName(Selection)
Case "Nothing"
str = "No selection made."
Case "Range"
str = "You selected the range: " & Selection.Address
Case "Picture"
str = "You selected a picture."
Case Else
str = "You selected a " & TypeName(Selection) & "."
End Select
MsgBox str
End Sub
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