Unless you have a need to change the pattern, I would leave it alone. If
you want to toggle the coloration of A15:

Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, _
Cancel As Boolean)
'on double click change color to show selection

If Target.Address = "$A$15" Then
With Target.Interior
If .ColorIndex = xlNone Then
.ColorIndex = 42
Else
.ColorIndex = xlNone
End If

End With
Cancel = True
End If
End Sub

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"gaba" wrote in message
...
Tom, it's funny you mention the xlNone (are you reading my mind?). That's
what I'm trying to do next...
if I double click on the colored cell, go back to clear color (Pattern set
to 0)

Thanks for your help. I'm teaching myself and some days (like today) small
things look pretty big
Gaba

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Don't feel bad. I missed it too when I tested your code. It is funny
that
setting the Pattern to 0 would override the colorindex property (set it
to
xlNone / -4142). At least it is not intuitive at first glance.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy



"gaba" wrote in message
...
:)
Thanks Tom. I'm not feeling pretty smart right now...

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, _
Cancel As Boolean)
'on double click change color to show selection

If Target.Address = "$A$15" Then
With Target.Interior
.ColorIndex = 42
.Pattern = xlSolid
End With
Cancel = True
End If
End Sub

You misspelled the constant xlSolid

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy




"gaba" wrote in message
...
I put this code in the worksheet's code module

Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, _
Cancel As Boolean)
'on double click change color to show selection

If Not Intersect(Target, Range("A15")) Is Nothing Then
Target.Select
With Selection.Interior
.ColorIndex = 42
.Pattern = xSolid
End With
Cancel = True
End If
End Sub

But the Target is not changing to the desired color. I've tried to
change
the Range part to other values and nothing works.
Can anybody see what I'm doing wrong?

As usual any help will be most appreciated!

--
gaba :)