changes --------------------------------- event is changed to ItemSelecting - tabstrip now is pageview (documentTabStrip1.TabStripElement.ItemSelecting += new EventHandler<Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadPageViewItemSelectingEventArgs>(TabStripElement_ItemSelecting)) introduce new powefull events for RadDock - SelectedTabChanging / SelectedTabChanged Create a dock with couple of documents. Subscribe to the TabSelecting event of RadTabStripElement and cancel it showing a message box indicating the cancellation. The message box will be shown 5 times.