For the time being you can use the following workaround: 1) Either hide the chart with visibility:hidden instead of display:none 2) Or use the following workaround: <div id="div1" style="display: none;"> <telerik:RadHtmlChart runat="server" ID="ColumnChart1" Width="600px" Height="400px"> <PlotArea> <Series> <telerik:ColumnSeries Name="Product 1"> <SeriesItems> <telerik:CategorySeriesItem Y="1" /> <telerik:CategorySeriesItem Y="2" /> <telerik:CategorySeriesItem Y="3" /> </SeriesItems> </telerik:ColumnSeries> </Series> </PlotArea> </telerik:RadHtmlChart> </div> <input type="button" onclick="showChart(); return false;" value="Show Chart" /> <script> Telerik.Web.UI.RadHtmlChart.prototype._getMainConfig = function () { var that = this; //when visible is false - nothing is sent from the server to save transferred data //e.g - there are properties set but visible is false - we do not need to send those properties amyway //that is why - set visible: false when nothing is sent from the server that._options = $telerik._getPropertiesParameter(that, that.constructor); that._cleanUpConfigProperties(); that._options["theme"] = that.get_skin(); //that._options["visible"] = $(that.get_element()).is(':visible'); that._options["title"] = that._chartTitle ? that._parseObject(that._chartTitle) : { visible: false }; that._options["legend"] = that._legend ? that._parseObject(that._legend) : { visible: false }; if (that._chartArea) { that._options["chartArea"] = that._parseObject(that._chartArea); } if (that._isSparklineChart()) { that._setMinimumSparklineWidth(); } if (that._plotArea) { that._configurePlotArea(); } if (that._series) { /*jshint evil: true */ that._options["series"] = eval(that._series); /*jshint evil: false */ } if (that._isStockChart()) { that._configureStockChart(); } } </script>