To reproduce: please refer to the attached sample project and gif file. Workaround: private void radGridView1_CellEditorInitialized(object sender, GridViewCellEventArgs e) { RadDateTimeEditor editor = e.ActiveEditor as RadDateTimeEditor; if (editor != null) { RadDateTimeEditorElement el = editor.EditorElement as RadDateTimeEditorElement; if (el != null) { el.TextBoxElement.TextBoxItem.GotFocus -= TextBoxItem_GotFocus; el.TextBoxElement.TextBoxItem.GotFocus += TextBoxItem_GotFocus; } } } private void TextBoxItem_GotFocus(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadTextBoxItem tb = sender as RadTextBoxItem; if (tb != null) { tb.SelectionLength = 0; } }