To reproduce: 1. Add a RadCommandBar with a CommandBarButton. 2. Add a RadDateTimePicker, a RadMultiColumnComboBox, a ComboBox, a DateTimePicker. Subscribe to their Validating event. 3. Add a shortcut for the CommandbarButton: Me.CommandBarButton1.ShowKeyboardCues = True Me.CommandBarButton1.UseMnemonic = True Me.CommandBarButton1.Shortcuts.Add(New RadShortcut(Keys.Alt, Keys.F)) Note that when you focus one of the added controls in 2. and press Alt+F, the CommandBarButton.Click event is fired, but the Validating event for the previously focused control is not fired. This behavior is not observed for RadButton for example. Workaround: Public Class Form1 Protected Overrides Function ProcessCmdKey(ByRef msg As Message, keyData As Keys) As Boolean Select Case keyData Case (Keys.Alt Or Keys.F) CommandBarButton1.Focus() CommandBarButton1.PerformClick() Exit Select End Select End Class