BASH: How to start a dialog with another item than the first

Question

Advise someone how to start a dialogue automatically marked with item 2? Thank you

dialog --menu "MENU" 50 160 50\
      "1" "Item-1" \
      "2" "Item-2" \ #marked the start
      "3" "Item-3"

Answer 1

dialog --default-item "2" --menu "MENU" 50 160 50\
      "1" "Item-1" \
      "2" "Item-2" \
      "3" "Item-2"