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<concept id="GUID-210606BE-A36C-4B65-B083-93F71024196C" xml:lang="en"><title>Setting
the item selected when the choice list is opened</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
<p>You can set the list item that is initially selected when the choice list
is shown to the user. This feature can be used with a choice list of the type <codeph>EAknChoiceListWithCurrentSelection</codeph>. </p>
<p>If you do not set the selected item, the first item in the list is initially
selected by default.</p>
<p>For details on how the choice list items are indexed, see <xref href="GUID-845F3021-E3ED-4676-916A-75740886DCBD.dita">Using
the Choice list API</xref>.</p>
<codeblock xml:space="preserve">void CMyAppContainer::CreateChoiceListL()
    {
    // Create empty Choice list
    iChoiceList = CAknChoiceList::NewL( this, NULL );
    
    // Add items from resource
    iChoiceList-&gt;SetItemsL( R_CHOICELISTEX_ITEM_ARRAY );
    
    // Set the default selected item
    iChoiceList-&gt;SetSelectedIndex( KDefaultIndex );
        
    iChoiceList-&gt;SetObserver( this );
    iChoiceList-&gt;SetRect( ChoiceListRect() );
    }
</codeblock>
</conbody></concept>