To reproduce: - Open the attached project. - Type a text so there are no results in the drop down. - Press Enter. - Click the arrow button. Workaround: private void RadMultiColumnComboBox1_DropDownOpened1(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (radMultiColumnComboBox1.Text == "") { radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.FilterDescriptors.Clear(); CompositeFilterDescriptor compositeFilter = new CompositeFilterDescriptor(); compositeFilter.FilterDescriptors.Add(new FilterDescriptor("Drug", FilterOperator.StartsWith, "")); compositeFilter.FilterDescriptors.Add(new FilterDescriptor("Name", FilterOperator.StartsWith, "")); compositeFilter.LogicalOperator = FilterLogicalOperator.Or; radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.FilterDescriptors.Add(compositeFilter); } }