To reproduce: public RadForm1() { InitializeComponent(); for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { this.radTreeView1.Nodes.Add("Node1." + i); } this.radTreeView1.AllowDragDrop = true; this.radTreeView1.TreeViewElement.DragDropService.PreviewDragDrop+=DragDropService_PreviewDragDrop; } private void DragDropService_PreviewDragDrop(object sender, RadDropEventArgs e) { e.Handled = true; }