To reproduce add RadDock to a form and use the following code on a button click. DocumentWindow document = new DocumentWindow(); radDock1.AddDocument(document); document.TabStripItem.ShowCloseButton = true; document.TabStripItem.CloseButton.Image = image1; document.TabStripItem.CloseButton.ImageHovered = image2; document.TabStripItem.CloseButton.ImageClicked = image3; The result is that instead of having three different images for the different states, only the main Image is displayed.