Hi Jason
I do not think there is an options for this.
It might been changed in 7.22 https://docs.mendix.com/releasenotes/studio-pro/7.22#fixes-2
A list view with a listening data view did not show its first item as selected when loading the page, even though the item was actually selected and shown in the data view correctly. (Tickets 68156, 76953)
Cheers,
Andries