Controlling pivotItems in pivot in windows phone 7

Question

i want to control that which pivotItem comes at first whenever my app starts? code please

Answer 1

OnNavigatedTo of the particular page, in your case default task page,(First page of you application), add the code code to selectItemIndex or SelectedItem.

use the following code , past in Page.xaml.cs

protected override void OnNavigatedTo(System.Windows.Navigation.NavigationEventArgs e)
        {

PivotControl1.SelectedIndex = 5; 

}

It opens the page with the specified pivot item at the first.

Answer 2

You can use

myPivotControl.SelectedIndex = 5;

or, if the pivot item has a Name:

myPivotControl.SelectedItem = myPivotItem;