Workaround: private void radRichTextEditor1_CommentShowing(object sender, Telerik.WinForms.Documents.UI.CommentShowingEventArgs e) { ((SelectionMiniToolBar) this.radRichTextEditor1.RichTextBoxElement.SelectionMiniToolBar).Shown+=Form1_Shown; } private void Form1_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e) { ((SelectionMiniToolBar)sender).Visible = false; ((SelectionMiniToolBar)sender).VisibleChanged+=Form1_VisibleChanged; } private void Form1_VisibleChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { ((SelectionMiniToolBar)sender).Visible = false; }