excel-dropdown-tool

Excel Dropdown Tool

A Python package for automating dropdown creation in Excel files while preserving formatting and formulas.

Features

• 🚀 Batch process multiple Excel files

• 📊 Maintain original formatting and merged cells

• ⚙️ Dynamic dropdown creation from configuration sheets

• ✅ Microsoft Excel compatibility guaranteed

• 📁 CLI interface for easy automation

Requirements

• Python 3.6+

• Microsoft Excel (for proper dropdown visualization)

• Packages:

• openpyxl>=3.0.0

• xlsxwriter>=3.0.0

Installation

From PyPI

pip  install  excel-dropdown-tool

Note: Processed files work best in Microsoft Excel. Other spreadsheet applications (e.g., LibreOffice, Google Sheets) may not display dropdowns correctly.

Usage

Command-Line Interface (CLI)

Process all Excel files in a folder:

excel-dropdown  --input-folder path/to/your/excel/files

Command Options

$  excel-dropdown  --help

usage:  excel-dropdown [-h] --input-folder INPUT_FOLDER
Process  Excel  files  with  dropdown  validations

options:

-h,  --help  show  this  help  message  and  exit

--input-folder  INPUT_FOLDER

Path  to  folder  containing  Excel  files  to  process

Output Structure

Processed files are saved in

your-input-folder/
	└──  processed_files/
	├──  processed_file1.xlsx
	└──  processed_file2.xlsx

License

MIT License
Copyright (c) 2025 Romin Rajesh Katre

For full license terms, see LICENSE.