To reproduce: use the following code snippet and click the button public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); this.radListView1.VisualItemCreating += radListView1_VisualItemCreating; this.radListView1.ViewType = ListViewType.DetailsView; radListView1.ItemSize = new Size(0, 56); Populate(); } private void radListView1_VisualItemCreating(object sender, ListViewVisualItemCreatingEventArgs e) { e.VisualItem = new CustomDetailListViewVisualItem(); } private void radButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Populate(); } private void Populate() { this.radListView1.Items.Clear(); this.radListView1.BeginUpdate(); for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { ListViewDataItem lvdi = new ListViewDataItem(); if (i == -1 || i > radListView1.Items.Count || radListView1.Items.Count == 0) { radListView1.Items.Add(lvdi); } else { radListView1.Items.Insert(i, lvdi); } } this.radListView1.EndUpdate(); } public class CustomDetailListViewVisualItem : DetailListViewVisualItem { RadTextBoxElement tb = new RadTextBoxElement(); protected override void CreateChildElements() { base.CreateChildElements(); this.Children.Add(tb); } protected override Type ThemeEffectiveType { get { return typeof(DetailListViewVisualItem); } } } Workaround: use RadTextBoxControlElement instaed of RadTextBoxElement.