A newly created grid has its CurrentCell property initialized to Nothing. Pressing [PageDown] or any other key that causes scrolling will crash. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Launch application 2. Press [PageDown] Sub New() InitializeComponent() Me.RadVirtualGrid1.ColumnCount = 50 Me.RadVirtualGrid1.RowCount = 100 AddHandler Me.RadVirtualGrid1.CellValueNeeded, AddressOf RadVirtualGrid1_CellValueNeeded End Sub Private Sub RadVirtualGrid1_CellValueNeeded(sender As Object, e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.VirtualGridCellValueNeededEventArgs) e.Value = e.ColumnIndex End Sub Workaround: Me.RadVirtualGrid1.CurrentCell = New Telerik.WinControls.UI.VirtualGridCellInfo(0, 0, Me.RadVirtualGrid1.MasterViewInfo)