To reproduce: use the following code snippet and follow the steps illustrated on the attached gif file: private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.customersTableAdapter.Fill(this.nwindDataSet.Customers); this.radGridView1.DataSource = this.customersBindingSource; this.radGridView1.BestFitColumns(BestFitColumnMode.AllCells); ColumnGroupsViewDefinition view = new ColumnGroupsViewDefinition(); view.ColumnGroups.Add(new GridViewColumnGroup("Customer Contact")); view.ColumnGroups.Add(new GridViewColumnGroup("Details")); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups.Add(new GridViewColumnGroup("Address")); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups.Add(new GridViewColumnGroup("Contact")); view.ColumnGroups[0].Rows.Add(new GridViewColumnGroupRow()); view.ColumnGroups[0].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["CompanyName"]); view.ColumnGroups[0].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["ContactName"]); view.ColumnGroups[0].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["ContactTitle"]); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups[0].Rows.Add(new GridViewColumnGroupRow()); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups[0].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["Address"]); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups[0].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["City"]); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups[0].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["Country"]); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups[1].Rows.Add(new GridViewColumnGroupRow()); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups[1].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["Phone"]); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups[1].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["Fax"]); radGridView1.ViewDefinition = view; } Sometimes the incorrect behavior is obtained immediately after you drop the column, but you need to scroll the horizontal scroll-bar to replicate it. Workaround: RadGridViewDragDropService svc = this.radGridView1.GridViewElement.GetService<RadGridViewDragDropService>(); svc.Stopped += svc_Stopped; private void svc_Stopped(object sender, EventArgs e) { int horizontalScrollvalue = this.radGridView1.TableElement.HScrollBar.Value; this.radGridView1.MasterTemplate.Refresh(); this.radGridView1.TableElement.HScrollBar.Value = horizontalScrollvalue; }