XL97: Pointer Does Not Change into Hand with ActiveX Controls
Article ID: 161746
Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q161746
SYMPTOMS
When you place your mouse pointer over a control which has been placed on a
worksheet, the mouse pointer may not change into a small hand.
CAUSE
Placing the mouse pointer over an ActiveX control placed on a worksheet
will not change the mouse pointer into a small hand.
STATUS
This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 97.
MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Excel, there are two types of controls that you can insert on
a worksheet: controls on the Forms toolbar and controls on the Control
Toolbox toolbar. When you insert a control from the Forms toolbar on a
worksheet, your mouse pointer becomes a small hand when placed over the
control. By default, placing your mouse pointer over a control inserted on
the worksheet from the Control Toolbox toolbar will result in the Normal
Select pointer. In either case, clicking the control with the changed mouse
pointer as indicated above will activate the control.
The controls available on the Control Toolbox toolbar are known as ActiveX
controls. The ActiveX controls that are available on the Control Toolbox
toolbar are the same controls that you can add to UserForms you create
using the Visual Basic Editor.
REFERENCES
For more information about ActiveX Controls, click the Index tab in
Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Add buttons, check
boxes, or other controls to a worksheet" topic.
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