Autocomplete suggestion in Excel data validation list again

问题

How to make suggestions in Excel data validation list while typing. There are constraints in my request:

The list of items should be in another sheet, and must not be above in hidden rows.
Typing a phrase should narrow the list to all the items which contain the phrase.
Search should be case insensitive.

So after typing am we should hypothetically have a suggestion to pick up from Amelia, Camila, Samantha, provided that those girls' names are on the item list.

I have found a good solution here, however it does not filter the items with contains clause but begins with. I sum up the proposed solution here shortly.

We insert a Combo Box (ActiveX Control) to a sheet.

We right click on a sheet name > View code > and paste the VBA code in the sheet VBA editor:

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
'Update by Extendoffice: 2018/9/21
    Dim xCombox As OLEObject
    Dim xStr As String
    Dim xWs As Worksheet
    Dim xArr
    Set xWs = Application.ActiveSheet
    On Error Resume Next
    Set xCombox = xWs.OLEObjects("TempCombo")
    With xCombox
        .ListFillRange = ""
        .LinkedCell = ""
        .Visible = False
    End With
    If Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Validation.InCellDropdown = False
        Cancel = True
        xStr = Target.Validation.Formula1
        xStr = Right(xStr, Len(xStr) - 1)
        If xStr = "" Then Exit Sub
        With xCombox
            .Visible = True
            .Left = Target.Left
            .Top = Target.Top
            .Width = Target.Width + 5
            .Height = Target.Height + 5
            .ListFillRange = xStr
            If .ListFillRange = "" Then
                xArr = Split(xStr, ",")
                Me.TempCombo.List = xArr
            End If
            .LinkedCell = Target.Address
        End With
        xCombox.Activate
        Me.TempCombo.DropDown
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub TempCombo_KeyDown(ByVal KeyCode As MSForms.ReturnInteger, ByVal Shift As Integer)
    Select Case KeyCode
        Case 9
            Application.ActiveCell.Offset(0, 1).Activate
        Case 13
            Application.ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate
    End Select
End Sub

I could not find a way to modify to change the search option from 'begins with' to contains.

The questions about autocomplete or autosuggest in validation list have been asked so far.
Excel data validation with suggestions/autocomplete
Excel 2010: how to use autocomplete in validation list
But neither of them contained answers which would satisfied the constraints I imposed.

Test file for download is here.

回答1:

Try to add the following event (additionally the the other 2). Every time you enter something the code refreshes the ComboBox list.

Private Sub TempCombo_Change()
    With Me.TempCombo
        If Not .Visible Then Exit Sub
        .Clear 'needs property MatchEntry set to 2 - fmMatchEntryNone
        .Visible = False 'to refresh the drop down
        .Visible = True
        .Activate
        Dim xStr As String, xArr As Variant
        xStr = TempCombo.TopLeftCell.Validation.Formula1
        xStr = Right(xStr, Len(xStr) - 1)
        xArr = Split(xStr, Application.International(xlListSeparator))
        Dim itm As Variant
        For Each itm In xArr
            If InStr(1, itm, .Value, vbTextCompare) > 0 Or .Value = "" Then
                .AddItem itm
            End If
        Next itm
        .DropDown
    End With
End Sub

回答2:

To overcome your first constraint, maybe you can assign a range to your combo box:

Dim xCombox             As OLEObject
    Dim xStr                As String
    Dim xWs                 As Worksheet
    Dim xArr
    Dim i                   As Range

    Set xWs = Application.ActiveSheet
    On Error Resume Next
    Set xCombox = xWs.OLEObjects("Combotest")
    With Sheets("Test_list2")
    Set i = .Range("A2:A" & .Range("A" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row)
    End With
    Combotest.ListFillRange = i.Address
 Set xWs = Application.ActiveSheet
    On Error Resume Next
    Set xCombox = xWs.OLEObjects("Combotest")
    With xCombox
        .LinkedCell = "F2"
        .Visible = True
    End With
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End Sub

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54144254/autocomplete-suggestion-in-excel-data-validation-list-again

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