When Tooltip ContentScrolling property is set to Auto the the tooltip dimensions are not computed properly and the layout looks inconsistent (i.e. usually the left and/or right borders are missing). Possible workarounds are: 1) using content that will fit in the tooltip and leaving the ContentScrolling property to its default value OR 2) using some JavaScript to modify the dimensions: function OnClientResponseEnd() { var activeTooltip = Telerik.Web.UI.RadToolTip.getCurrent(); if (activeTooltip) { var contentElement = activeTooltip.get_contentElement(); if (contentElement) { contentElement.style.width = parseInt(contentElement.style.width) - 15 + "px"; contentElement.style.height = parseInt(contentElement.style.height) - 15 + "px"; contentElement.style.overflow = "auto"; } } } where this is attached to the OnClientResponseEnd event of the RadToolTipManager.