To reproduce use the code below and try to type in "000" in a cell GridViewComboBoxColumn comboColumn = new GridViewComboBoxColumn("Phone"); radGridView1.Columns.Add(comboColumn); comboColumn.DataSource = new string[] { "0", "00", "000", "0001" }; comboColumn.Width = 200; comboColumn.DropDownStyle = RadDropDownStyle.DropDown; comboColumn.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.Suggest;