To reproduce: Repository commonRepository = new Repository(); public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); InitializeDropDown(); this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.DropDownMinSize = new Size(1100, 400); this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.ViewCellFormatting += EditorControl_ViewCellFormatting; } private void EditorControl_ViewCellFormatting(object sender, CellFormattingEventArgs e) { if (e.Row is GridViewDataRowInfo && e.CellElement is GridRowHeaderCellElement) { e.CellElement.Text = e.RowIndex.ToString(); } } public class Instrument { public string Isin { get; set; } public string Description { get; set; } public string AlphaCode { get; set; } public string MicMarketplaceCode { get; set; } public string WorpMarketPlaceDescription { get; set; } public string InstrumentType { get; set; } public string DerivateIsin { get; set; } public int Order { get; set; } } public class Repository { public BindingList<Instrument> GetInstruments() { Random rand = new Random(); BindingList<Instrument> list = new BindingList<Instrument>(); for (int i = 0; i < 80000; i++) { list.Add(new Instrument() { Isin = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), Description = "Description" + i, AlphaCode = "Code" + i, MicMarketplaceCode = "MicCode" + i, WorpMarketPlaceDescription = "MPdescription" + i, InstrumentType = "Type" + i % 3, DerivateIsin = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), Order = rand.Next(1, 100) }); } return list; } } public void InitializeDropDown() { var ui = TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext(); Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { var result = commonRepository.GetInstruments(); return result; }).ContinueWith(res => { if (res.IsCompleted) { this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.DisplayMember = "Description"; this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.ValueMember = "Isin"; this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.AutoFilter = true; this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.DataSource = res.Result; CompositeFilterDescriptor compositeFilter = new CompositeFilterDescriptor(); FilterDescriptor code = new FilterDescriptor("Isin", FilterOperator.Contains, ""); FilterDescriptor description = new FilterDescriptor("Description", FilterOperator.Contains, ""); FilterDescriptor alphaCode = new FilterDescriptor("AlphaCode", FilterOperator.Contains, ""); FilterDescriptor micMarketplaceCode = new FilterDescriptor("MicMarketplaceCode", FilterOperator.Contains, ""); FilterDescriptor worpMarketPlaceDescription = new FilterDescriptor("WorpMarketPlaceDescription", FilterOperator.Contains, ""); FilterDescriptor instrumentType = new FilterDescriptor("InstrumentType", FilterOperator.Contains, ""); FilterDescriptor derivateIsin = new FilterDescriptor("DerivateIsin", FilterOperator.Contains, ""); compositeFilter.FilterDescriptors.Add(code); compositeFilter.FilterDescriptors.Add(description); compositeFilter.FilterDescriptors.Add(alphaCode); compositeFilter.FilterDescriptors.Add(micMarketplaceCode); compositeFilter.FilterDescriptors.Add(worpMarketPlaceDescription); compositeFilter.FilterDescriptors.Add(instrumentType); compositeFilter.FilterDescriptors.Add(derivateIsin); compositeFilter.LogicalOperator = FilterLogicalOperator.Or; this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.FilterDescriptors.Add(compositeFilter); this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.BestFitColumns(); for (int i = 0; i < this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.Columns.Count; i++) { var column = this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.Columns[i]; switch (column.Name) { case "Isin": column.HeaderText = "Header Isin"; column.Width = 120; break; case "Description": column.HeaderText = "Header Description"; break; case "AlphaCode": column.HeaderText = "Header AlphaCode"; break; case "MicMarketplaceCode": column.HeaderText = "Header MicMarketplaceCode"; break; case "WorpMarketPlaceDescription": column.HeaderText = "Header WorpMarketPlaceDescription"; break; case "InstrumentType": column.HeaderText = "Header InstrumentType"; break; case "DerivateIsin": column.HeaderText = "Header DerivateIsin"; break; case "Order": column.IsVisible = false; break; } } this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.SelectedItem = null; this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.Text = "Instrument"; this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.ForeColor = Color.Gray; this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.MultiColumnComboBoxElement.DropDownWidth = 550; } else { RadMessageBox.Show(res.Exception.Message); } }, ui); } Workaround: use custom filtering instead of CompositeFilterDescriptor: FilterDescriptor filter = new FilterDescriptor(); filter.PropertyName = this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.DisplayMember; filter.Operator = FilterOperator.Contains; this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.MasterTemplate.FilterDescriptors.Add(filter); this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.EnableCustomFiltering = true; this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.CustomFiltering += EditorControl_CustomFiltering; private void EditorControl_CustomFiltering(object sender, GridViewCustomFilteringEventArgs e) { string searchText = this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.MultiColumnComboBoxElement.EditorElement.Text; if (searchText != string.Empty) { Instrument instrument = e.Row.DataBoundItem as Instrument; e.Handled = true; e.Visible = instrument.Isin.Contains(searchText) || instrument.Description.Contains(searchText) || instrument.AlphaCode.Contains(searchText) || instrument.MicMarketplaceCode.Contains(searchText) || instrument.WorpMarketPlaceDescription.Contains(searchText) || instrument.InstrumentType.Contains(searchText) || instrument.DerivateIsin.Contains(searchText); } }