When filtering is applied to RadMultiColumnComboBox editor in CellEditorInitialized event of RadGridView, the selected item is second one, if the new row is edited. Workaround: change the event handler by adding the following lines of code in the end of the RadGridView1_CellEditorInitialized: Dim value As Object = e.Row.Cells(e.ColumnIndex).Value If value Is Nothing Then editor.EditorControl.CurrentRow = Nothing Else editor.Value = e.Row.Cells(e.ColumnIndex).Value End If