VBA - Making the double click event unique

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Hi All,

I run the following code to capture the current time in certain fields. All that the user does is double clicks a cell to enter the current time. However, if they in error click the field again, then it overwrites the captured time with the current time.

Is it possible to exit the double click event sub if the field already has a time recorded in it?

Here's the code I am using:

Code: 
Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, Cancel As Boolean)    
    Dim StartCell As String
    Dim EndCell As String
    
    'TaskCell = "2"
    StartCell = "6"
    EndCell = "8"
    Breakwatch = "7"
    'MinimizeWB = ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet("Sheet1").Range("K2")
    
    Select Case ActiveCell.Column
        Case StartCell ' Address of start cell
            Target.Value = Format(Time, "hh:mm:ss")
            Target.Font.Size = 10
            Target.Offset(0, 1).Select
            Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = "Double Click To Enter Break Time"
            Target.Offset(0, 1).Font.Size = 7
            'Target.Offset(0, 1).WrapText = True
            Target.Offset(0, 2).Value = "Double Click To Enter End Time"
            Target.Offset(0, 2).Font.Size = 7
            'Target.Offset(0, 2).WrapText = True
            Target.Offset(1, -4).Value = "Enter Brief Details on Next Case or Task"
            Target.Offset(0, -1).Font.Size = 9
            Target.Offset(0, -1).Value = Date
            Target.Offset(0, -1).Font.Size = 9
            Target.Offset(1, -1).Value = "--SKIP THIS CELL--" _
            & "             Date Will Get Entered Here Automatically"
            Target.Offset(0, -1).WrapText = True
            Target.Offset(1, -1).Font.Size = 7
            Target.Offset(1, 0).Value = "Double Click To Enter Start Time of Next Task"
            Target.Offset(1, 0).Font.Size = 7
        Case EndCell ' Address of end cell
            Target.Value = Format(Time, "hh:mm:ss")
            Target.Font.Size = 10
            Target.Offset(1, -6).Select
        Case Breakwatch
            stopped = False
            UserForm1.Show 'vbModeless
            If stopped Then
                Target.Value = Format(Time - start, "hh:mm:ss")
                Target.Offset(0, 1).Select
                Target.Font.Size = 10
            End If
            With Me
                UserForm1.TextBox2.Text = Cells(ActiveCell.Row, "B").Value
            End With
         Case Else
         
    End Select


End Sub

Thank you for your help.
 

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You could test for a number in the cell:

Code: 
    If IsNumeric(Target.Value) Then Exit Sub

You may also want to set Cancel = True to avoid entering edit mode in the cell.
 
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Try this:

Added lines of code marked in red:

Code: 
Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, Cancel As Boolean)
    Dim StartCell As String
    Dim EndCell As String
    
    'TaskCell = "2"
    StartCell = "6"
    EndCell = "8"
    Breakwatch = "7"
    'MinimizeWB = ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet("Sheet1").Range("K2")
    [COLOR=#ff0000]If Target.Value = "" Then[/COLOR]
    Select Case ActiveCell.Column
        Case StartCell ' Address of start cell
            Target.Value = Format(Time, "hh:mm:ss")
            Target.Font.Size = 10
            Target.Offset(0, 1).Select
            Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = "Double Click To Enter Break Time"
            Target.Offset(0, 1).Font.Size = 7
            'Target.Offset(0, 1).WrapText = True
            Target.Offset(0, 2).Value = "Double Click To Enter End Time"
            Target.Offset(0, 2).Font.Size = 7
            'Target.Offset(0, 2).WrapText = True
            Target.Offset(1, -4).Value = "Enter Brief Details on Next Case or Task"
            Target.Offset(0, -1).Font.Size = 9
            Target.Offset(0, -1).Value = Date
            Target.Offset(0, -1).Font.Size = 9
            Target.Offset(1, -1).Value = "--SKIP THIS CELL--" _
            & "             Date Will Get Entered Here Automatically"
            Target.Offset(0, -1).WrapText = True
            Target.Offset(1, -1).Font.Size = 7
            Target.Offset(1, 0).Value = "Double Click To Enter Start Time of Next Task"
            Target.Offset(1, 0).Font.Size = 7
        Case EndCell ' Address of end cell
            Target.Value = Format(Time, "hh:mm:ss")
            Target.Font.Size = 10
            Target.Offset(1, -6).Select
        Case Breakwatch
            stopped = False
            'UserForm1.Show 'vbModeless
            If stopped Then
                Target.Value = Format(Time - Start, "hh:mm:ss")
                Target.Offset(0, 1).Select
                Target.Font.Size = 10
            End If
            With Me
                'UserForm1.TextBox2.Text = Cells(ActiveCell.Row, "B").Value
            End With
         Case Else
         
    End Select
[COLOR=#ff0000]End If[/COLOR]
End Sub
 
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My Aswer Is This said:
Try this:

Added lines of code marked in red:

Code: 
Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, Cancel As Boolean)
    Dim StartCell As String
    Dim EndCell As String
    
    'TaskCell = "2"
    StartCell = "6"
    EndCell = "8"
    Breakwatch = "7"
    'MinimizeWB = ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet("Sheet1").Range("K2")
    [COLOR=#ff8c00]If (Target.Value = 0 Or Target.Value = "Double Click To Enter Break Time" Or Target.Value = "Double Click To Enter End Time") Then[/COLOR]
    Select Case ActiveCell.Column
        Case StartCell ' Address of start cell
            Target.Value = Format(Time, "hh:mm:ss")
            Target.Font.Size = 10
            Target.Offset(0, 1).Select
            Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = "Double Click To Enter Break Time"
            Target.Offset(0, 1).Font.Size = 7
            'Target.Offset(0, 1).WrapText = True
            Target.Offset(0, 2).Value = "Double Click To Enter End Time"
            Target.Offset(0, 2).Font.Size = 7
            'Target.Offset(0, 2).WrapText = True
            Target.Offset(1, -4).Value = "Enter Brief Details on Next Case or Task"
            Target.Offset(0, -1).Font.Size = 9
            Target.Offset(0, -1).Value = Date
            Target.Offset(0, -1).Font.Size = 9
            Target.Offset(1, -1).Value = "--SKIP THIS CELL--" _
            & "             Date Will Get Entered Here Automatically"
            Target.Offset(0, -1).WrapText = True
            Target.Offset(1, -1).Font.Size = 7
            Target.Offset(1, 0).Value = "Double Click To Enter Start Time of Next Task"
            Target.Offset(1, 0).Font.Size = 7
        Case EndCell ' Address of end cell
            Target.Value = Format(Time, "hh:mm:ss")
            Target.Font.Size = 10
            Target.Offset(1, -6).Select
        Case Breakwatch
            stopped = False
            'UserForm1.Show 'vbModeless
            If stopped Then
                Target.Value = Format(Time - Start, "hh:mm:ss")
                Target.Offset(0, 1).Select
                Target.Font.Size = 10
            End If
            With Me
                'UserForm1.TextBox2.Text = Cells(ActiveCell.Row, "B").Value
            End With
         Case Else
         
    End Select
[COLOR=#ff0000]End If[/COLOR]
End Sub
Click to expand...


Thanks so much. I tried it and it worked well. But then I realised that from the rest of the code I also auto populate certain texts. in the next two corresponding fields. And the code doesnt work in that case. So I modified the IF argument accordingly (in orange text), but that didn't do the trick.

Could you point out what I am doing wrong?
 
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So I played around with the code a bit more and got this to work.

Code: 
 If (Target.Value > Format(Time, "hh:mm:ss") Or Target.Value = "Double Click To Enter End Time") Then

Thank you all for your help.
 
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You may want to consider something like this:
It would put a comment in the cell instead of text.

I worked on some of it but not all.

And when you entered a value into a cell and it had a comment showing the comment would then be deleted.

Code: 
Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, Cancel As Boolean)
    Dim StartCell As String
    Dim EndCell As String
    Cancel = True
    Application.EnableEvents = False
    'TaskCell = "2"
    StartCell = "6"
    EndCell = "8"
    Breakwatch = "7"
    'MinimizeWB = ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet("Sheet1").Range("K2")
    If (Target.Value = 0 Or Target.Value = "Double Click To Enter Break Time" Or Target.Value = "Double Click To Enter End Time") Then
    Select Case ActiveCell.Column
        Case StartCell ' Address of start cell
            Target.Value = Format(Time, "hh:mm:ss")
            Target.Font.Size = 10
            Target.Offset(0, 1).Select
            Target.Offset(0, 1).AddComment "Double Click To Enter Break Time"
            Target.Offset(0, 1).Font.Size = 7
            'Target.Offset(0, 1).WrapText = True
            Target.Offset(0, 2).AddComment "Double Click To Enter End Time"
            Target.Offset(0, 2).Font.Size = 7
            'Target.Offset(0, 2).WrapText = True
            Target.Offset(1, -4).AddComment "Enter Brief Details on Next Case or Task"
            Target.Offset(0, -1).Font.Size = 9
            Target.Offset(0, -1).Value = Date
            Target.Offset(0, -1).Font.Size = 9
            Target.Offset(1, -1).AddComment "SKIP THIS CELL" & vbNewLine & "Date Will Get Entered Here Automatically"
            Target.Offset(0, -1).WrapText = True
            Target.Offset(1, -1).Font.Size = 7
            Target.Offset(1, 0).AddComment "Double Click To Enter Start Time of Next Task"
            Target.Offset(1, 0).Font.Size = 7
        Case EndCell ' Address of end cell
            Target.Value = Format(Time, "hh:mm:ss")
            Target.Font.Size = 10
            Target.Offset(1, -6).Select
        Case Breakwatch
            stopped = False
            'UserForm1.Show 'vbModeless
            If stopped Then
                Target.Value = Format(Time - Start, "hh:mm:ss")
                Target.Offset(0, 1).Select
                Target.Font.Size = 10
            End If
            With Me
                'UserForm1.TextBox2.Text = Cells(ActiveCell.Row, "B").Value
            End With
         Case Else
         
    End Select
End If
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Target.Column = 2 And Target.Comment Is Nothing Then
  
  Else
  If Target.Column = 2 Then Target.Comment.Delete
  End If
End Sub
 
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Thanks for your reply.

The code had some issues with the first IF argument as it would not really do anything. so I changed it to
Code: 
[COLOR=#333333]Target.Value > [/COLOR][COLOR=#333333]Format(Time, "hh:mm:ss")[/COLOR]

That was inserting the current time in the start time column, but then excel started to hang... this has happened a few times now. So I've stopped with this idea.

Thank you anyway with your help.
 
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