Hi Marty,
I have tested for this issue in our latest release and the GroupBar''s SelectedItem property seems to be working fine. It correctly displays the GroupBarItem as specified by the GroupBar.SelectedItem property irrespective of the designtime configuration. Please refer to the
test_sample attached that illustrates this and let me know if I have understood your problem correctly. If not, kindly modify the sample to show the problem and send it back to us so that we could take a look at it. Also let me know the version of Essential Suite that you are using. We appreciate your cooperation.
Regards,
Guru Patwal
Syncfusion, Inc.