Excel: the Incredible Shrinking and Expanding Controls

Question

Occasionally, I\'ll happen across a spreadsheet which suffers from magic buttons or listboxes which get bigger or smaller over time.

Nothing in the code is instructi

Answer 1

We just solved this on a company level by adding the following module to all macro enabled workbooks:

Option Explicit

Type ButtonSizeType
    topPosition As Single
    leftPosition As Single
    height As Single
    width As Single
End Type

Public myButton As ButtonSizeType

Sub GetButtonSize(cb As MSForms.CommandButton)
' Save original button size to solve windows bug that changes the button size to
' adjust to screen resolution, when not in native resolution mode of screen
    myButton.topPosition = cb.top
    myButton.leftPosition = cb.Left
    myButton.height = cb.height
    myButton.width = cb.width
End Sub

Sub SetButtonSize(cb As MSForms.CommandButton)
' Restore original button size to solve windows bug that changes the button size to
' adjust to screen resolution, when not in native resolution mode of screen
    cb.top = myButton.topPosition
    cb.Left = myButton.leftPosition
    cb.height = myButton.height
    cb.width = myButton.width
End Sub

Just call them in the beginning and end of your code like this:

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

Application.ScreenUpdating = False
' Turn off ScreenUpdating to make sure the user dosn't see the buttons flicker
GetButtonSize CommandButton1 ' Saves original button size
' Do cool things
'
'
'
SetButtonSize CommandButton1 ' Restores original button size

Application.ScreenUpdating = True
' Turn ScreenUpdating back on when you're done
End Sub