Workaround: Subscribe to CellFormatting event: void radGridView1_CellFormatting(object sender, CellFormattingEventArgs e) { if (e.CellElement is GridCheckBoxCellElement) { e.CellElement.ToolTipText = "ErrorMessage for CheckBoxColumn"; e.CellElement.Children[0].ToolTipText = "ErrorMessage for CheckBoxColumn"; e.CellElement.Children[0].Children[0].ToolTipText = "ErrorMessage for CheckBoxColumn"; } }