Select First Item

[George]

It seems RadListView does not have an Items property nor does it have a SelectedIndex.  What's the best way to select the first item in the listview after the data has been  bound?

[Lance | Manager Technical Support]

Hi George,

For this you can use the SelectedItem property, you can set it using the first item in the bound collection.

Here is an example of binding it to a "SelectedItem" in your view model:

View

<data:RadListView ItemsSource="{Binding Emails}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedMail, Mode=TwoWay}"/>

ViewModel

public class ViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        private Mail selectedMail;

        public ViewModel()
        {
            this.Emails = new ObservableCollection<Mail> {
                new Mail{ Sender = "Terry Tye",  Subject = "Re: Summer Vacation"},
                new Mail{ Sender = "Felicia Keegan",  Subject = "Seminar Invitation"},
                new Mail{ Sender = "Jared Linton",  Subject = "Discount code"},
                new Mail{ Sender = "Mark Therese",  Subject = "Quick feedback"},
                new Mail{ Sender = "Elvina Randall",  Subject = "Happy Birthday!"},
                new Mail{ Sender = "Emilia Porter",  Subject = "Check the attachment"},
                new Mail{ Sender = "Jared Linton",  Subject = "Gillian Flynn"},
                new Mail{ Sender = "Felicia Keegan",  Subject = "Re: Summer Vacation"},
                new Mail{ Sender = "Felicia Keegan",  Subject = "Pictures"},
            };

            SelectedMail = Emails.FirstOrDefault();
        }

        public ObservableCollection<Mail> Emails { get; set; }

        public Mail SelectedMail
        {
            get { return selectedMail; }
            set { selectedMail = value; OnPropertyChanged();}
        }

        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null)
        {
            PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
        }
    }

Notice that setting the SelectedEmail is what notifies the RadListView which item is to be selected because of the Two-Way binding.

Regards,
Lance | Tech Support Engineer, Sr.
Progress Telerik

[George]

Thanks, this worked great.