A possible workaround is to predefine the CellTemplate of the column as well.

Unhandled exception System.InvalidOperationException: The calling thread cannot access this object because a different thread owns it.
   at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.VerifyAccess()
   at System.Windows.DependencyObject.GetValue(DependencyProperty dp)
   at Telerik.Windows.Data.SortDescriptorBase.get_SortDirection()
   at Telerik.Windows.Data.Expressions.SortDescriptorCollectionExpressionBuilder.Sort()
   at Telerik.Windows.Data.QueryableExtensions.Sort(IQueryable source, IEnumerable`1 sortDescriptors)
   at Telerik.Windows.Data.QueryableExtensions.Sort(IQueryable source, SortDescriptorCollection sortDescriptors)
. . .

It is difficult to track whether the newly added items are pasted or not crated by insert.

Currently all of the MoveCurrentTo methods rely on the internal logic of MoveCurrentToPositionCore and users cannot override it through inheritance.

If in the content of RadGridView.ControlPanelItem has a binding with a RelativeSource or ElementName and the grid is placed in the collapsed UserControl, a binding error is thrown in the output window.

The default merging algorith merges adjacent cells with the same value. An option for preventing cells merging despite their value, should be provided.