Chart.BeforeDoubleClick Event (Excel)

Occurs when a chart element is double-clicked, before the default double-click action.

Syntax

expression .BeforeDoubleClick(ElementID, Arg1, Arg2, Cancel)

expression A variable that represents a Chart object.

Parameters

Name

Required/Optional

Data Type

Description

Cancel

Required

Boolean

False when the event occurs. If the event procedure sets this argument to True, the default double-click action isn't performed when the procedure is finished.

Arg1

Required

Long

Additional event information, depending on the value of ElementID. For more information about this parameter, see the Remarks section.

Arg2

Required

Long

Additional event information, depending on the value of ElementID. For more information about this parameter, see the Remarks section.

ElementID

Required

Long

The double-clicked object. The value of this parameter determines the expected values of Arg1 and Arg2. For more information about this paramter, see the Remarks section.

Remarks

The DoubleClick method doesn't cause this event to occur.

This event doesn't occur when the user double-clicks the border of a cell.

The meaning of Arg1 and Arg2 depends on the ElementID value, as shown in the following table.

ElementID

Arg1

Arg2

xlAxis

AxisIndex

AxisType

xlAxisTitle

AxisIndex

AxisType

xlDisplayUnitLabel

AxisIndex

AxisType

xlMajorGridlines

AxisIndex

AxisType

xlMinorGridlines

AxisIndex

AxisType

xlPivotChartDropZone

DropZoneType

None

xlPivotChartFieldButton

DropZoneType

PivotFieldIndex

xlDownBars

GroupIndex

None

xlDropLines

GroupIndex

None

xlHiLoLines

GroupIndex

None

xlRadarAxisLabels

GroupIndex

None

xlSeriesLines

GroupIndex

None

xlUpBars

GroupIndex

None

xlChartArea

None

None

xlChartTitle

None

None

xlCorners

None

None

xlDataTable

None

None

xlFloor

None

None

xlLegend

None

None

xlNothing

None

None

xlPlotArea

None

None

xlWalls

None

None

xlDataLabel

SeriesIndex

PointIndex

xlErrorBars

SeriesIndex

None

xlLegendEntry

SeriesIndex

None

xlLegendKey

SeriesIndex

None

xlSeries

SeriesIndex

PointIndex

xlTrendline

SeriesIndex

TrendLineIndex

xlXErrorBars

SeriesIndex

None

xlYErrorBars

SeriesIndex

None

xlShape

ShapeIndex

None

The following table describes the meaning of the arguments.

Argument

Description

AxisIndex

Specifies whether the axis is primary or secondary. Can be one of the following XlAxisGroup constants: xlPrimary or xlSecondary.

AxisType

Specifies the axis type. Can be one of the following XlAxisType constants: xlCategory, xlSeriesAxis, or xlValue.

DropZoneType

Specifies the drop zone type: column, data, page, or row field. Can be one of the following XlPivotFieldOrientation constants: xlColumnField, xlDataField, xlPageField, or xlRowField. The column and row field constants specify the series and category fields, respectively.

GroupIndex

Specifies the offset within the ChartGroups collection for a specific chart group.

PivotFieldIndex

Specifies the offset within the PivotFields collection for a specific column (series), data, page, or row (category) field.

PointIndex

Specifies the offset within the Points collection for a specific point within a series. The value – 1 indicates that all data points are selected.

SeriesIndex

Specifies the offset within the Series collection for a specific series.

ShapeIndex

Specifies the offset within the Shapes collection for a specific shape.

TrendlineIndex

Specifies the offset within the Trendlines collection for a specific trendline within a series.

Example

This example overrides the default double-click behavior for the chart floor.

Private Sub Chart_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal ElementID As Long, _ 
 ByVal Arg1 As Long, ByVal Arg2 As Long, Cancel As Boolean) 
 
 If ElementID = xlFloor Then 
 Cancel = True 
 MsgBox "Chart formatting for this item is restricted." 
 End If 
 
End Sub

See Also

Concepts

Chart Object Members

Chart Object