The following events does not fire: radMenuComboItem1.DropDownClosing += new RadPopupClosingEventHandler(radMenuComboItem1_DropDownClosing); radMenuComboItem1.DropDownClosed += new RadPopupClosedEventHandler(radMenuComboItem1_DropDownClosed); The ComboBoxItem has been replaced with a RadDropDownList. The following events are fired as expected: this.radSplitButton1.DropDownButtonElement.DropDownClosing += new RadPopupClosingEventHandler(DropDownButtonElement_DropDownClosing); this.radSplitButton1.DropDownButtonElement.DropDownClosed += new EventHandler(DropDownButtonElement_DropDownClosed);