To reproduce: please refer to the attached sample project and follow the steps in the gif file. Workaround: private void radRichTextEditor1_CommandExecuting(object sender, Telerik.WinForms.Documents.RichTextBoxCommands.CommandExecutingEventArgs e) { if (e.Command is ChangeIntegratedWatermarkTypeCommand && this.radRichTextEditor1.LayoutMode!= Telerik.WinForms.Documents.Model.DocumentLayoutMode.Paged) { e.Cancel = true; } }