A few customers have mentioned it would be nice to have some type of marker on the Budget sheet that shows which category you’re dealing with when you’re budgeting. I thought this was a nice idea for an optional add-in. Here’s a little shot of what it will look like once installed:

1. With YNAB open, press Alt+F11
2. You’re now in the Visual Basic Editor. On the left side there is a pane called “Project - VBA Project” (if it’s not visible press Ctrl+r). Double-click on Sheet2 (Budget)
3. A white page will open to the right. There are two drop-down boxes at the top of the just-opened page. In the left drop-down box select Worksheet
4. The right drop-down box should automatically say SelectionChange and you should see two lines that have automatically been entered: Private Sub Worksheet_Selection… and End Sub.
5. In between those two lines, paste the following code:

   If (Target.Column >= 2) And (Target.Column < = 78) Then
If (Target.Row <= 126) And (Target.Row >= Then
Range(”A8:A126″).Interior.ColorIndex = 15
Range(”A” & Target.Row).Interior.ColorIndex = 38
End If
End If

6. Click the Save button in the Visual Basic Editor and close it.

Note that this is for version 2.02 3.0 or later. Give it a test run and see how you like it. Any modifications are, of course, totally up to you.