To reproduce use the following code snippet and press the Enter key on group header row:
public RadForm1()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    GroupDescriptor descriptor = new GroupDescriptor();
    descriptor.GroupNames.Add("CategoryName", ListSortDirection.Ascending);
    this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.GroupDescriptors.Add(descriptor);
    this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.EnableGrouping = true;
    this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.ShowGroupedColumns = true;
}
Hello,
You can use the following workaround:
public class MyComboBox : RadMultiColumnComboBox
{
    protected override RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement CreateMultiColumnComboBoxElement()
    {
        return new MyComboboxElement();
    }
}
public class MyComboboxElement : RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement
{
    protected override Type ThemeEffectiveType
    {
        get
        {
            return typeof(RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement);
        }
    }
    protected override void SetCurrentRowOnReturnOrTabKey(KeyEventArgs e)
    {
        //return;
    }
}
Regards,
 
Nadya
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