Fix suggest behavior in RadAutoCompleteBox to support spaces in the written text. WORKAROUND: public class MyAutoCompleteBox : RadAutoCompleteBox { public MyAutoCompleteBox() { this.ThemeClassName = typeof(RadAutoCompleteBox).FullName; } protected override RadTextBoxControlElement CreateTextBoxElement() { return new MyAutoCompleteBoxElement(); } } public class MyAutoCompleteBoxElement : RadAutoCompleteBoxElement { protected override Type ThemeEffectiveType { get { return typeof(RadAutoCompleteBoxElement); } } public override void CloseDropDown(RadPopupCloseReason reason) { if (reason == RadPopupCloseReason.CloseCalled) { if (this.ListElement.SuggestedText != null && this.ListElement.PatternText != null && this.ListElement.IsSuggestionMatched) { return; } } base.CloseDropDown(reason); } protected override RadTextBoxListElement CreateListElement() { return new RadTextBoxListElement(); } }