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UI for ASP.NET AJAX

Release History

Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX 2026.1.211 (2026 Q1)

February 11, 2026

Common

NEW
  • New SmartPasteButton Component
  • Telerik Licensing minimal required version is updated to 1.6.40.
  • Integrated the latest Kendo UI scripts 2026.1.208 as a foundation for delivering new capabilities such as Smart Components.
Breaking Changes
  • Encapsulated the old embedded Kendo scripts to allow coexistence with externally referenced Kendo scripts on the same page.
  • To disable the Embedded jQuery, you must set the EnableEmbeddedjQuery="false" and ExternaljQueryUrl="link_to_your_jQuery".

DocumentProcessing

FIXED
  • Incorrect annotation border array is rendered instead of being skipped.
  • File format detection misidentifies .dot files as .doc/.txt.

DropDownTree

NEW
  • Introduced RTL support for RadDropDownTree

Editor

NEW
  • Add ARIA attributes to HTML mode textarea when EnableAriaSupport is enable.
FIXED
  • Dialog titles for "Remove All Changes" and "Accept/Reject All Changes" are not fully localized.
  • The size of the Window in the Hyperlink Manager dialog in Bootstrap Classic skin is not tall enough.
  • The sizes of the Document Manager and Generate ID buttons in the Hyperlink Manager dialog in Bootstrap Lightweight is not correct.
  • The File Browser dialogs display scrollbars when AutoSize is enabled with LightweightRenderMode.
  • InsertLink dialog: Label "for" attribute case mismatch causes accessibility tools to report unlabeled control.

ListBox

FIXED
  • RadListBox with CheckBoxes scrolls to previously active item when checking items after scrolling.

OTPInput

FIXED
  • OTP input box broken.

PdfProcessing

NEW
  • PdfStreamSigner: Introduced TimeStamp server support.
  • Improved PDF digital signing to comply with European Commission validation requirements.
FIXED
  • Wrong transformation of glyph data.
  • SkiaImageFormatProvider: Blacked out images due to incorrectly resolved clipping.
  • SkiaImageFormatProvider: Black images are exported for certain pages.
  • An InvalidOperationException is thrown when parser incorrectly interprets delimiter characters within literal strings as structural tokens instead of string data.
  • Failing to load an image prevents the PDF document from loading properly.
  • CryptographicException is thrown when importing AES encrypted document with DocumentInfo.

SearchBox

NEW
  • Add WAI-ARIA support in RadSearchBox

SpreadProcessing

FIXED
  • LocalizableException is thrown after removing columns from a workbook with set Print Titles.

TabStrip

FIXED
  • ScrollBars not working after tab switch

Window

FIXED
  • AutoSize shows a scroll in Chrome
  • Scroll jumps to top when clicking dropdown controls with ShowContentDuringLoad="false" in Lightweight mode

WordsProcessing

FIXED
  • NullReferenceException is thrown when exporting a document with custom geometry.

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