If an custom implementation is implemented that restores the IsActive property state if a RadPane during the control's LoadLayout functionality the "Active" visual state if that RadPane instance is not cleared if different RadPane is selected. This issue could be observed in the VisualStudioDocking located in the XAML GitHub repository here: https://github.com/telerik/xaml-sdk/tree/master/Docking/VisualStudioDocking