You can create a class derived from
System.Windows.Forms.TableLayoutPanel and override
System.Windows.Forms.TableLayoutPanel.OnCellPaint to create any custom appearance for the cell.
See a code sample here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.tablelayoutpanel.aspx[
^].
Alternatively, you can make arrange child controls of the type
System.Windows.Forms.Panel so each cell contains an instance of
Panel. The steps (for other child controls like buttons) are described here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w4yc3e8c(v=VS.90).aspx[
^]. After you do it, arrange other controls as children of those panels (use
System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill with
Padding). The panels used as pads for other controls can use different background colors.
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