Workaround: public partial class Form1 : Form { private Telerik.WinForms.RichTextEditor.RichTextBoxUI.Dialogs.SpellCheckingDialog spellDlg; public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void radButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.spellDlg = new Telerik.WinForms.RichTextEditor.RichTextBoxUI.Dialogs.SpellCheckingDialog(); Telerik.WinForms.Documents.UI.Extensibility.SpellCheckingUIManager manager = new Telerik.WinForms.Documents.UI.Extensibility.SpellCheckingUIManager(this.radRichTextEditor1.RichTextBoxElement); FieldInfo fi = this.spellDlg.GetType().GetField("suggestionsListBox", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance); RadListControl suggestionListBox = fi.GetValue(this.spellDlg) as RadListControl; suggestionListBox.DataBindingComplete -= suggestionListBox_DataBindingComplete; suggestionListBox.DataBindingComplete += suggestionListBox_DataBindingComplete; this.spellDlg.ShowDialog(manager, this.radRichTextEditor1.RichTextBoxElement); } private void suggestionListBox_DataBindingComplete(object sender, ListBindingCompleteEventArgs e) { if (((RadListControl)sender).Items.Count == 0) { FieldInfo fiBtnChange = this.spellDlg.GetType().GetField("buttonChange", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance); RadButton btnChange = fiBtnChange.GetValue(this.spellDlg) as RadButton; btnChange.Enabled = false; FieldInfo fiBtnChangeAll = this.spellDlg.GetType().GetField("buttonChangeAll", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance); RadButton btnChangeAll = fiBtnChangeAll.GetValue(this.spellDlg) as RadButton; btnChangeAll.Enabled = false; } } }