To repriduce: - Add a grid with Office2007Theme applied and sort by one of the columns - Set RightToLeft to true - Make sure the column width is no wider than the text Workaround: void radGridView1_ViewCellFormatting(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.CellFormattingEventArgs e) { GridHeaderCellElement headerCell = e.CellElement as GridHeaderCellElement; if (headerCell != null) { if (radGridView1.ThemeName == "Office2007Silver" && e.Column.IsSorted) { headerCell.Arrow.Alignment = ContentAlignment.TopCenter; headerCell.Arrow.Margin = new Padding(0, 1, 0, 0); } } }