Hi Duane,
Thank you for the question.
In regards to RadTabStrip, the selected tab depends on the last tab item where you have placed a control or where you have modified the size/location of a control. You can set the selected tab explicitly by setting the SelectedTab property programmatically just like you did.
I would suggest using
RadPageView control instead of RadTabStrip. The item that you will get selected with RadPageView is the one selected at design-time. Please note that RadPageView was introduced in Q2 2010 release, so you will need to update your Telerik version. In addition, the new Q3 2010 released two weeks ago contains many improvements and fixes throughout the whole suite. You can refer to our
Release Notes for additional information.
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All the best,
Nikolay
the Telerik team