# Selection

**RadSegmentedControl** control exposes few useful properties which can help you work with the items selection.

## Setting the selected segment

The segment control has a **SelectedIndex** property which you can use to set the selected item.

## Setting Selection Colors

You can define custom colors for the text and the background of the selected segment. You can do that via the SelectedBackground and SelectedForegorund properties of **Segment** element. These properties can be set by creating custom style for the ItemContainerStyle property of the RadSegmentedControl targeting Segment element

#### **Example 1: Defining a RadSegmentedControl**

```XAML
<input:RadSegmentedControl x:Name="segmentControl" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="20">
	<input:RadSegmentedControl.ItemContainerStyle>
		<Style TargetType="input:Segment">
			<Setter Property="SelectedBackground" Value="Red"/>
			<Setter Property="SelectedForeground" Value="Green"/>
		</Style>
	</input:RadSegmentedControl.ItemContainerStyle>
</input:RadSegmentedControl>
```

![WinUI SegmentedControl Selection example](https://www.telerik.com/winui/documentation/assets/2d1988c9a22e8bee6c8714e7d116369f/segmentedcontrol-selection-0.png)

## Selection changed

RadSegmentedControl exposes a SelectionChanged event which is fired when the selected item is updated.

* **SelectionChanged**: Occurs when the selected item is changed programatically or due to user interaction. The event arguments are of type **SelectionChangedEventArgs**.

## See Also

* [Getting Started](https://www.telerik.com/winui/documentation/controls/radsegmentedcontrol/getting-started)