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Hello,
I wanted to create a couple of search boxes for this table in the attached excel sheet.

The first search box would basically highlight the row and the second one would highlight the column if any corresponding value is entered.

I added a new entry i.e. Victor Hugo and it is not working with the search boxes. Is there any way to automatically update the criteria as any new entry automatically appears in the dropdown arrows and in the Lookup box?
If I want to disregard, Vlookup and look at the conditional formatting rule for the columns, I am unable to figure out exactly what's has been put there. It would be kind of Biplab Das to please share the formula.

Have a lovely day everyone!

Try
H6 Data Validation Add =OFFSET(B6,,,COUNTA(B6:B20))
H7 Data Validation Add=OFFSET(C5,,,1,COUNTA(C5:G5))

thanks but how to highlight cells base on drop list?

Select area And Put Condition formatting =IF($B5="","",C$5=$H$7)

thank you