To reproduce: public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); radCollapsiblePanel1.ExpandDirection = Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadDirection.Right; radCollapsiblePanel1.RightToLeft = System.Windows.Forms.RightToLeft.Yes; } Workaround: public class CustomCollapsiblePanel : RadCollapsiblePanel { protected override RadCollapsiblePanelElement CreateCollapsiblePanelElement() { return new CustomCollapsiblePanelElement(this); } public override string ThemeClassName { get { return typeof(RadCollapsiblePanel).FullName; } } } public class CustomCollapsiblePanelElement : RadCollapsiblePanelElement { bool rtl = false; public CustomCollapsiblePanelElement(RadCollapsiblePanel ownerControl) : base(ownerControl) { } protected override Type ThemeEffectiveType { get { return typeof(RadCollapsiblePanelElement); } } protected override void OnHeaderButtonClick(object sender, EventArgs e) { rtl = this.RightToLeft; this.RightToLeft = false; base.OnHeaderButtonClick(sender, e); } protected override void OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e) { this.RightToLeft = rtl; base.OnMouseUp(e); } }