How do I select the first empty row in google spreadsheets/scripts

Question

So I should start by saying I\'m new at Javascript/programming. I understand a good amount of it but don\'t really know what I\'m doing when it comes to actually writing it.

Answer 1

The referenced question provides scripts with a reference to the first empty row in a spreadsheet. (...although some of those solutions find the first empty cell in column A, which isn't necessarily an empty row. But I digress.)

In a spreadsheet-attached script with access to the User Interface, you can affect the active view of the spreadsheet with several functions:

• Spreadsheet.setActiveRange()
• Spreadsheet.setActiveSelection() (multiple flavours)
• Sheet.activate()
• Range.activate()
• ... there are other functions that will impact the concept of "active" as side-effects as well.

Using whatever technique you wish to identify the "empty row" in the active spreadsheet, this function will move the selection to it, using .setActiveSelection():

/**
 * Place the current user's cursor into the first cell of the first empty row.
 */
function selectFirstEmptyRow() {
  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  sheet.setActiveSelection(sheet.getRange("A"+getFirstEmptyRowWholeRow()))
}

The getFirstEmptyRowWholeRow() function, if you're curious:

/**
 * Mogsdad's "whole row" checker.
 */
function getFirstEmptyRowWholeRow() {
  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
  var range = sheet.getDataRange();
  var values = range.getValues();
  var row = 0;
  for (var row=0; row<values.length; row++) {
    if (!values[row].join("")) break;
  }
  return (row+1);
}