Deselect range after autofilter

Question

This seems incredibly simple and straight forward, but no matter how much testing and searching I do I am unable to resolve. I currently have scripting that turns on AutoFilter without selecting anything, but I thought I could copy the data and paste into a new worksheet without the data being selected. However, after it completes the action it does show columns A:K as selected. I have been unable to figure out how to deselect those columns on the worksheet nor have I been able to find out how to copy and paste without them being selected in the first place. Any guidance is appreciated. Thanks.

Sub RunScript()

Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.DisplayAlerts = False

Dim ws1 As Worksheet
Set ws1 = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Data")

Sheets.Add.Name = "copy"
Dim galreqws As Worksheet
Set galreqws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("copy")

Sheets("Data").Select
Range("A:K").AutoFilter

ws1.Range("A1:K1000").Copy Destination:=Sheets("copy").Range("A1:K1000")

galreqws.Delete

'Sheets("Data").Select
Range("A:K").AutoFilter
Range("A:K").Select
Sheets("Buttons").Select

Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.DisplayAlerts = True

End Sub

Answer 1

It's generally bad practice to use .Select unless you really intend the user to see a selected range. As far as I know there are no actions where .Select is required.

The following is a suggestion of a few things you could do to improve your code:

Sub RunScript()

    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Application.DisplayAlerts = False

    Dim wsCurrent As Worksheet
    Set wsCurrent = ActiveSheet

    Dim wsData As Worksheet
    Set wsData = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Data")

    Dim wsGalreq As Worksheet
    ' Note that .Add will activate the new sheet so we'll
    ' need to reactivate the worksheet that was previously active
    'Set wsGalreq = Worksheets.Add
    'wsGalreq.Name = "copy"
    Set wsGalreq = Worksheets("copy")

    wsData.Range("A:K").AutoFilter 1, "Supplier A"
    ' Find the used range in columns A to K and copy over starting
    ' at cell A1 of wsGalreq
    Intersect(wsData.UsedRange, wsData.Range("A:K")).Copy Destination:=wsGalreq.Range("A1")

    ' Doubt deleting the new sheet was intentional?
    ' wsGalreq.Delete

    ' Now change the view to the desired worksheet, uncomment one:
    'Worksheets("Buttons").Select
    'wsCurrent.Activate

    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    Application.DisplayAlerts = True

End Sub