To reproduce: use the following code snippet. You will notice that mnemonics are displayed. public RadForm1() { InitializeComponent(); new RadControlSpyForm().Show(); this.radTreeView1.DisplayMember = "name"; this.radTreeView1.ParentMember = "pid"; this.radTreeView1.ChildMember = "id"; this.radTreeView1.DataSource = this.GetSampleData(); this.radTreeView1.NodeFormatting += radTreeView1_NodeFormatting; this.radTreeView1.SelectedNodeChanged += radTreeView1_SelectedNodeChanged; this.radBreadCrumb1.DefaultTreeView = this.radTreeView1; } private void radTreeView1_SelectedNodeChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadTreeViewEventArgs e) { foreach (RadSplitButtonElement item in this.radBreadCrumb1.BreadCrumbElement.Items) { item.ActionButton.TextElement.UseMnemonic = false; } } private void radTreeView1_NodeFormatting(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.TreeNodeFormattingEventArgs e) { e.NodeElement.ContentElement.UseMnemonic = false; } private DataTable GetSampleData() { DataTable dt = new DataTable(); DataColumn dc = new DataColumn(); dc.ColumnName = "id"; dc.DataType = typeof(int); dt.Columns.Add(dc); DataColumn dc1 = new DataColumn(); dc1.ColumnName = "name"; dc1.DataType = typeof(string); dt.Columns.Add(dc1); DataColumn dc2 = new DataColumn(); dc2.ColumnName = "pid"; dc2.DataType = typeof(int); dt.Columns.Add(dc2); DataRow dr = dt.NewRow(); dr[0] = 0; dr[1] = "Hello & Goodbye"; dr[2] = DBNull.Value; dt.Rows.Add(dr); dr = dt.NewRow(); dr[0] = 1; dr[1] = @"&C:\"; dr[2] = 0; dt.Rows.Add(dr); dr = dt.NewRow(); dr[0] = 2; dr[1] = @"&D:\"; dr[2] = 0; dt.Rows.Add(dr); dr = dt.NewRow(); dr[0] = 3; dr[1] = "&Program Files"; dr[2] = 1; dt.Rows.Add(dr); dr = dt.NewRow(); dr[0] = 4; dr[1] = "M&icrosoft"; dr[2] = 3; dt.Rows.Add(dr); dr = dt.NewRow(); dr[0] = 5; dr[1] = "&Telerik"; dr[2] = 3; dt.Rows.Add(dr); dr = dt.NewRow(); dr[0] = 6; dr[1] = "&WINDOWS"; dr[2] = 1; dt.Rows.Add(dr); return dt; } Workaround: set the DefaultTreeView before subscribing to the treeview events. this.radBreadCrumb1.DefaultTreeView = this.radTreeView1; this.radTreeView1.NodeFormatting += radTreeView1_NodeFormatting; this.radTreeView1.SelectedNodeChanged += radTreeView1_SelectedNodeChanged;