ToolStripPanel Drawing

[baehoo]

I am trying to get a ToolStripPanel to have the same drawing style as the embedded ToolStrips, so that it looks like one continuous bar. I have the ToolStrips using the ToolStripProfessionalRenderer so that they are styled the same as the Windows Task Bar.

I have gotten close by creating a new Renderer derived from ToolStripProfessionalRenderer:

       class CustomRenderer : ToolStripProfessionalRenderer
       {
          protected override void OnRenderToolStripPanelBackground(ToolStripPanelRenderEventArgs e)
          {
             base.OnRenderToolStripPanelBackground(e);
    
             LinearGradientBrush lgb = new LinearGradientBrush(e.ToolStripPanel.ClientRectangle, this.ColorTable.ToolStripGradientBegin, this.ColorTable.ToolStripGradientEnd, LinearGradientMode.Vertical);
             e.Graphics.FillPath(lgb, e.ToolStripPanel.ClientRectangle);
          }
       }

This creates the gradient look with the correct colors, but they do not match up quite right. It seems as if the gradient has a higher number of colors, so the spread is drawn out longer.

I have accounted for the border of the ToolStrips (which is not shown in this code), yet they still don't match up quite right.

Anyone know how to make this happen?