Excel : How Can I Get First Cell Content

Question

How Can I Get First Cell Content ? here is my sheet

    A  
1  Color

2  Red

3  Blue

4  Yellow

note : Color has filter

i want to make the cell B1 = first cell of column A - I try type in B1 =A2

but when i make filter (example i select blue) the cell B2 show nothing (i want B1 to show the filtered data on first column )

Answer 1

In B1 enter the array formula:

=INDEX(A2:A100,MATCH(1,SUBTOTAL(3,OFFSET(A2:A100,ROW(A2:A100)-ROW($A$2),,1)),0))

Array formula must be entered with CNTRL-SHFT-ENTER rather than just the ENTER key

Answer 2

A Non-Volatile AND Non-Array entered option is to use a helper column:

In B2 Enter =SUBTOTAL(3,A2) and drag it down. This will mark every row with a 0 or a 1 depending on if it is visible or not.

Then in B1 you can simply enter:

=INDEX(A2:A4,MATCH(1,B2:B4,0))

The above will search the B column for the first 1 (stands for visible), and return the value of the cell in column A of that row.