Workaround: public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); this.radGridView1.CreateCell += radGridView1_CreateCell; GridViewCheckBoxColumn checkBoxColumn = new GridViewCheckBoxColumn("CheckBoxColumn"); checkBoxColumn.EnableHeaderCheckBox = false; checkBoxColumn.ThreeState = true; checkBoxColumn.EditMode = EditMode.OnValueChange; radGridView1.MasterTemplate.Columns.Add(checkBoxColumn); radGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill; for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) { this.radGridView1.Rows.Add(false); } } private void radGridView1_CreateCell(object sender, GridViewCreateCellEventArgs e) { if (e.CellType == typeof(GridCheckBoxHeaderCellElement)) { CustomGridCheckBoxHeaderCellElement headerCell = new CustomGridCheckBoxHeaderCellElement(e.Column, e.Row); e.CellElement = headerCell; } } public class CustomGridCheckBoxHeaderCellElement : GridHeaderCellElement { public CustomGridCheckBoxHeaderCellElement(GridViewColumn column, GridRowElement row) : base(column, row) { } protected override Type ThemeEffectiveType { get { return typeof(GridHeaderCellElement); } } RadCheckBoxElement cb = new RadCheckBoxElement(); protected override void CreateChildElements() { base.CreateChildElements(); this.Children.Add(cb); cb.IsThreeState = true; cb.ToggleState = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.ToggleState.Off; cb.ToggleStateChanged += CheckBox_ToggleStateChanged; } bool boolValue = false; public override void SetContent() { base.SetContent(); if (!flag) { bool atLeastOneTrue = false; bool atLeastOneFalse = false; foreach (GridViewRowInfo r in this.GridViewElement.Template.Rows) { if (r.Cells[0].Value != null) { if (atLeastOneTrue && atLeastOneFalse) { break; } boolValue = (bool)r.Cells[0].Value; if (boolValue) { atLeastOneTrue = true; } else { atLeastOneFalse = true; } } else { atLeastOneFalse = true; } } if (atLeastOneFalse && atLeastOneTrue) { cb.ToggleStateChanged -= CheckBox_ToggleStateChanged; cb.ToggleState = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.ToggleState.Indeterminate; cb.ToggleStateChanged += CheckBox_ToggleStateChanged; } else if (atLeastOneFalse == true) { cb.ToggleStateChanged -= CheckBox_ToggleStateChanged; cb.ToggleState = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.ToggleState.Off; cb.ToggleStateChanged += CheckBox_ToggleStateChanged; } else if (atLeastOneTrue == true) { cb.ToggleStateChanged -= CheckBox_ToggleStateChanged; cb.ToggleState = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.ToggleState.On; cb.ToggleStateChanged += CheckBox_ToggleStateChanged; } } } bool flag = false; private void CheckBox_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { cb.ToggleStateChanged -= CheckBox_ToggleStateChanged; flag = true; if (args.ToggleState == Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.ToggleState.Indeterminate) { cb.ToggleState = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.ToggleState.Off; } ToggleStateForChildRows(args.ToggleState, this.GridControl); flag = false; cb.ToggleStateChanged += CheckBox_ToggleStateChanged; } private void ToggleStateForChildRows(Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.ToggleState toggleState, RadGridView radGridView) { foreach (GridViewRowInfo r in radGridView.Rows) { r.Cells[0].Value = toggleState == Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.ToggleState.On; } } }