Count selected rows after auto filter - vba

Question

When my data are raw and unfiltered I can select them and Selection.Rows.Count returns the valid number.
After the AutoFilter it returns a number as if I selected the rows that were not visible, even though Selection.Copy does not copy other than selected rows.
How do I get the valid count of selected rows?
I tried Selection.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Rows.Count.
EDIT
I use filter in another macro and then select by hand rows I want to add to another sheet.
I did two buttons, one to filter my table and the second to move selected rows to another sheet.
Sub ajout_commande()
Set DataSheet = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Prepa Commandes")
Dim a As Range, b As Range
Set a = Selection
i = 0
s = Selection.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Count
For Each b In a.Rows
i = i + 1
DataSheet.Cells(6, 1).EntireRow.Insert
DataSheet.Range("A1:Z1").Copy DataSheet.Cells(6, 1).EntireRow
Next
Dim r1 As Range, r2 As Range, r3 As Range
Let copyrange1 = "E1" & ":" & "I" & i
Let copyrange2 = "BK1" & ":" & "BM" & i
Set r1 = a.Range(copyrange1)
Set r2 = a.Range(copyrange2)
Set r3 = Union(r1, r2)
r3.Copy
DataSheet.Cells(6, 1).PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
MsgBox s & " and " & i
End Sub
Here my table is filtered and I want to add selected rows to another sheet but the Selection.Rows.Count returns more rows than I selected because it counts the non visible rows, even though Selection.copy works.
For this example Selection.Rows.Count = 28 because of non visible rows between rows 10 and 20, 21 and 25 etc.
Is there a function to get the number I want (on this image 16)?

Answer 1

It depends on how you are using it. This works just fine for me
'~~> Remove any filters
ActiveSheet.AutoFilterMode = False
'~~> Specifying the complete address is the key part
With Range("A1:C6") '<~~ Filter, offset(to exclude headers)
.AutoFilter Field:=YOURFIELDNUMBER, Criteria1:=YOURCRITERIA
Debug.Print .Offset(1, 0).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Rows.Count
End With
'~~> Remove any filters
ActiveSheet.AutoFilterMode = False
Test
Sub Sample()
'~~> Remove any filters
ActiveSheet.AutoFilterMode = False
With Range("A1:C6") '<~~ Filter, offset(to exclude headers)
.AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:="Sid"
MsgBox .Offset(1, 0).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Rows.Count
End With
'~~> Remove any filters
ActiveSheet.AutoFilterMode = False
End Sub

Answer 2

Well, the following would work if your selection was contiguous:
Selection.Columns(1).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Count
However, from your screenshot I can see that your selections may be non-contiguous ranges (aka multiple areas selected), so you can use this function I created as a starting point:
Function countVisibleSelectedRows()
Dim count As Integer
count = 0
For Each Area In Selection.Areas
count = count + Area.Columns(1).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).count
Next
countVisibleSelectedRows = count
End Function
When you have multiple ranges selected, Excel calls each of those ranges an "area". In this function, we loop over each "area" in the Selection.Areas collection.

Answer 3

I know this is a late post to this question, but maybe this will help someone in the future. I find the following code snippet works well to count the number of visible rows in a range after being filtered.
Sub CountVisibleRows()
'only count the visible rows in the range
Dim lRow As Long, vis_lr As Long, DstWs As Worksheet
Set DstWs = ActiveSheet
lRow = DstWs.UsedRange.Rows.Count
'vis_lr = DstWs.Range("B2:B" & lRow).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Count 'doesn't seem to work with non-contiguous rows
With DstWs
vis_lr = Application.WorksheetFunction.Subtotal(3, Range("B2:B" & lRow))
End With
Debug.Print vis_lr
End Sub