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Connecting two pop-up menus

I have two pop-up menus. In A2 I have a pop-up menu to select the quarter and in B2 I have a pop-up menu to select the month. In both pop-up menus, there is an option to select "None". Whenever an item that does not equal "None" is selected in A2, I want "None" to be automatically selected in B2. And whenever an item that does not equal "None" is selected in B2, I want "None" to be automatically selected in A2. Both pop-up menus can have "None" selected, but neither menu can have a quarter or month selected at the same time. So for example, if I select Q1 in A2, B2 should be "None" and if I select January in B2, A2 should be "None." Is this possible?

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Posted on Mar 9, 2023 9:56 AM

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Posted on Mar 9, 2023 5:58 PM

Perhaps, using same scripting, but I suspect not. Pop up menu cells don't respond to formulas.


You could accomplish the same results using a single menu though. Unfortunately, my first attempt at this indicated there is a 16 item limit, and 12 months + 4 Quarters fills all available item spaces in a popup menu, so you would not be able to include a "none" item to show a blank space when nothing has been selected.


But shortly after that, when I had added a column to the table (which contained a copy of each of the constructed menus), all 17 menu items were selectable and displayed as would be expected, including the blank for 'none'


Here's the 16+"none" menu:

Regards,

Barry






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Mar 9, 2023 5:58 PM in response to keverinski

Perhaps, using same scripting, but I suspect not. Pop up menu cells don't respond to formulas.


You could accomplish the same results using a single menu though. Unfortunately, my first attempt at this indicated there is a 16 item limit, and 12 months + 4 Quarters fills all available item spaces in a popup menu, so you would not be able to include a "none" item to show a blank space when nothing has been selected.


But shortly after that, when I had added a column to the table (which contained a copy of each of the constructed menus), all 17 menu items were selectable and displayed as would be expected, including the blank for 'none'


Here's the 16+"none" menu:

Regards,

Barry






Mar 9, 2023 6:51 PM in response to keverinski

Should the above not work, you could use a pair of pop-up menus plus a cell to pickup the result from the menu showing a non-blank result.


Here's an example showing the four possible patterns of choice and the results, in column F of the choices made in the two popup menus i column E.


The formula shown is in the selected cell (F2), and has been copied from there and pasted in to cells F7, F10, and F15.


Regards,

Barry

Connecting two pop-up menus

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