To reproduce: void radTreeView1_EditorInitialized(object sender, TreeNodeEditorInitializedEventArgs e) { TreeViewTextBoxEditor editor = e.Editor as TreeViewTextBoxEditor; BaseTextBoxEditorElement element = (BaseTextBoxEditorElement)editor.EditorElement; element.TextChanging+=new TextChangingEventHandler(element_TextChanging); } void element_TextChanging(object sender, TextChangingEventArgs e) { e.Cancel = true; }