To reproduce: Create a ListView or GridView cell element. For example: public class FilterGroupByCell : DetailListViewDataCellElement { private RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement multiColumnComboBox = new RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement(); public FilterGroupByCell(DetailListViewVisualItem owner, ListViewDetailColumn column) : base(owner, column) { } protected override void CreateChildElements() { base.CreateChildElements(); this.multiColumnComboBox.AutoSizeDropDownToBestFit = true; multiColumnComboBox.DropDownSizingMode = SizingMode.UpDownAndRightBottom; multiColumnComboBox.EditorControl.MasterTemplate.AutoGenerateColumns = false; GridViewTextBoxColumn column = new GridViewTextBoxColumn("CustomerID"); column.HeaderText = "Customer ID"; multiColumnComboBox.Columns.Add(column); column = new GridViewTextBoxColumn("ContactName"); column.HeaderText = "Contact Name"; multiColumnComboBox.Columns.Add(column); column = new GridViewTextBoxColumn("ContactTitle"); column.HeaderText = "Contact Title"; multiColumnComboBox.Columns.Add(column); column = new GridViewTextBoxColumn("Country"); column.HeaderText = "Country"; multiColumnComboBox.Columns.Add(column); column = new GridViewTextBoxColumn("Phone"); column.HeaderText = "Phone"; multiColumnComboBox.Columns.Add(column); this.Children.Add(multiColumnComboBox); } public override void Synchronize() { base.Synchronize(); this.Text = ""; if (base.Row == null) { return; } this.CurrentFilter = (MFilter)base.Row.DataBoundItem; if (CurrentFilter.CustomListRecordId == "1") multiColumnComboBox.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed; DataTable table1 = new DataTable("test"); table1.Columns.Add("CustomerID"); table1.Columns.Add("ContactName"); table1.Columns.Add("ContactTitle"); table1.Columns.Add("Country"); table1.Columns.Add("Phone"); table1.Rows.Add(1, "Ivan Petrov", "2", "2", "2"); table1.Rows.Add(2, "Stefan Muler", "2", "2", "2"); table1.Rows.Add(3, "Alexandro Ricco", "2", "2", "2"); multiColumnComboBox.DataSource = table1; multiColumnComboBox.DisplayMember = "ContactName"; } public MFilter CurrentFilter { get; set; } } Workaround: Create a custom RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement: public class MyRadMultiColumnComboBoxElement : RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement { protected override void OnParentChanged(Telerik.WinControls.RadElement previousParent) { if (this.IsPopupOpen) { this.ClosePopup(RadPopupCloseReason.CloseCalled); } if (this.Parent != null && this.Parent.ElementTree != null && this.Parent.ElementTree.Control is RadGridView) { base.OnParentChanged(previousParent); } } protected override Type ThemeEffectiveType { get { return typeof(RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement); } } } In order to be able to set a DataSource you need to create a new BindingContext prior setting setting the DataSource: DataTable table1 = new DataTable("test"); table1.Columns.Add("CustomerID"); table1.Columns.Add("ContactName"); table1.Columns.Add("ContactTitle"); table1.Columns.Add("Country"); table1.Columns.Add("Phone"); table1.Rows.Add(1, "Ivan Petrov", "2", "2", "2"); table1.Rows.Add(2, "Stefan Muler", "2", "2", "2"); table1.Rows.Add(3, "Alexandro Ricco", "2", "2", "2"); multiColumnComboBox.EditorControl.BindingContext = new System.Windows.Forms.BindingContext(); multiColumnComboBox.DataSource = table1; multiColumnComboBox.DisplayMember = "ContactName";