Bug report

The Core Grid throws an exception when setting its toolbar template through the ClientTemplateId option. The issue is a regression introduced in version 2025.2.520.

Reproduction of the problem

1. Configure the toolbar of the Grid like this:

.ToolBar(toolbar => {
     toolbar.ClientTemplateId("myTemplate");
})

Current behavior

An exception is thrown:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Expected/desired behavior

The configuration works without throwing exceptions.

Wokraround

Use the alternative way of setting the toolbar template, on the Grid's root level:

@(Html.Kendo().Grid <MyModel>()
      .Name("grid")
      .ToolBarClientTemplateId("myTemplate")

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2025.2.520
• Browser: [all]