added Server support for Range.activate

xlwings/addin/Remote.bas

@@ -701,6 +701,10 @@ Sub rangeInsert(wb As Workbook, action As Dictionary)
     End If
 End Sub
 
+Sub rangeSelect(wb As Workbook, action As Dictionary)
+    GetRange(wb, action).Select
+End Sub
+
 Sub addTable(wb As Workbook, action As Dictionary)
     Dim hasHeaders As Integer
     If action("args")(2) = True Then

xlwings/js/xlwings.js

@@ -521,6 +521,10 @@ function rangeInsert(workbook, action) {
   }
 }
 
+function rangeSelect(workbook, action) {
+  getRange(workbook, action).activate();
+}
+
 function addTable(workbook, action) {
   throw "NotImplemented: addTable";
 }

xlwings/js/xlwings.ts

@@ -628,6 +628,11 @@ function rangeInsert(workbook: ExcelScript.Workbook, action: Action) {
 }
 registerCallback(rangeInsert);
 
+function rangeSelect(workbook: ExcelScript.Workbook, action: Action) {
+  getRange(workbook, action).select();
+}
+registerCallback(rangeSelect);
+
 function addTable(workbook: ExcelScript.Workbook, action: Action) {
   let mytable = workbook
     .getWorksheets()
@@ -707,18 +712,18 @@ registerCallback(sheetDelete);
 
 function sheetClear(workbook: ExcelScript.Workbook, action: Action) {
   const sheet = workbook.getWorksheets()[action.sheet_position];
-    sheet.getRanges().clear();
+  sheet.getRanges().clear();
 }
 registerCallback(sheetClear);
 
 function sheetClearFormats(workbook: ExcelScript.Workbook, action: Action) {
   const sheet = workbook.getWorksheets()[action.sheet_position];
-    sheet.getRanges().clear(ExcelScript.ClearApplyTo.formats);
+  sheet.getRanges().clear(ExcelScript.ClearApplyTo.formats);
 }
 registerCallback(sheetClearFormats);
 
 function sheetClearContents(workbook: ExcelScript.Workbook, action: Action) {
   const sheet = workbook.getWorksheets()[action.sheet_position];
-    sheet.getRanges().clear(ExcelScript.ClearApplyTo.contents);
+  sheet.getRanges().clear(ExcelScript.ClearApplyTo.contents);
 }
 registerCallback(sheetClearContents);

xlwings/pro/_xlremote.py

@@ -781,6 +781,11 @@ def insert(self, shift=None, copy_origin=None):
         # copy_origin is only supported by VBA clients
         self.append_json_action(func="rangeInsert", args=[shift, copy_origin])
 
+    def select(self):
+        self.append_json_action(
+            func="rangeSelect",
+        )
+
     def __len__(self):
         nrows, ncols = self.shape
         return nrows * ncols

xlwingsjs/src/xlwings.ts

@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ let funcs = {
   runMacro: runMacro,
   rangeDelete: rangeDelete,
   rangeInsert: rangeInsert,
+  rangeSelect: rangeSelect,
   rangeClearContents: rangeClearContents,
   rangeClearFormats: rangeClearFormats,
   rangeClear: rangeClear,
@@ -758,6 +759,11 @@ async function rangeInsert(context: Excel.RequestContext, action: Action) {
   }
 }
 
+async function rangeSelect(context: Excel.RequestContext, action: Action) {
+  let range = await getRange(context, action);
+  range.select();
+}
+
 async function addTable(context: Excel.RequestContext, action: Action) {
   let worksheets = context.workbook.worksheets.load("items");
   await context.sync();