diff -r c7261870fdfd editor.lib/apichanges.xml
--- a/editor.lib/apichanges.xml	Wed Dec 09 12:27:09 2009 +0100
+++ b/editor.lib/apichanges.xml	Mon Dec 14 19:54:26 2009 +0100
@@ -104,6 +104,21 @@
     <!-- ACTUAL CHANGES BEGIN HERE: -->
 
     <changes>
+        <change id="GapDocumentView.hideBottomPadding">
+            <summary>Add protected boolean field hideBottomPadding to be able to control adding bottom padding.</summary>
+            <version major="1" minor="46"/>
+            <date day="14" month="12" year="2009"/>
+            <author login="mslama"/>
+            <compatibility binary="compatible" source="compatible" semantic="compatible" addition="yes" deprecation="no" deletion="no" modification="no" />
+            <description>
+                <p>
+                Add protected boolean field <code>hideBottomPadding</code>. Subclasses can set this field
+                to true to avoid adding bottom padding to view.
+                </p>
+            </description>
+            <issue number="178284"/>
+        </change>
+        
         <change id="MimeTypeInitializer">
             <summary>Adding interface enabling initialization of lookups performed by SideBarFactory implementations.</summary>
             <version major="1" minor="41"/>
diff -r c7261870fdfd editor.lib/nbproject/project.properties
--- a/editor.lib/nbproject/project.properties	Wed Dec 09 12:27:09 2009 +0100
+++ b/editor.lib/nbproject/project.properties	Mon Dec 14 19:54:26 2009 +0100
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint:unchecked
 javac.source=1.5
-spec.version.base=1.45.0
+spec.version.base=1.46
 is.autoload=true
 
 javadoc.arch=${basedir}/arch.xml
diff -r c7261870fdfd editor.lib/src/org/netbeans/editor/DrawEngineFakeDocView.java
--- a/editor.lib/src/org/netbeans/editor/DrawEngineFakeDocView.java	Wed Dec 09 12:27:09 2009 +0100
+++ b/editor.lib/src/org/netbeans/editor/DrawEngineFakeDocView.java	Mon Dec 14 19:54:26 2009 +0100
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             this.fakeStartOffset = startOffset;
             this.fakeEndOffset = endOffset;
             setEstimatedSpan(false);
-            
+            hideBottomPadding = true;
         }
  
         @Override
diff -r c7261870fdfd editor.lib/src/org/netbeans/lib/editor/view/GapDocumentView.java
--- a/editor.lib/src/org/netbeans/lib/editor/view/GapDocumentView.java	Wed Dec 09 12:27:09 2009 +0100
+++ b/editor.lib/src/org/netbeans/lib/editor/view/GapDocumentView.java	Mon Dec 14 19:54:26 2009 +0100
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@
     private int damageRangeStartOffset;
     private int damageRangeEndOffset;
     
+    /** Set to true to avoid adding bottom padding */
+    protected boolean hideBottomPadding;
+
     /**
      * Construct a view intended to cover the whole document.
      *
@@ -168,10 +171,11 @@
         super(elem, View.Y_AXIS);
         clearDamageRangeBounds();
     }
-
+    
+    @Override
     public float getPreferredSpan(int axis) {
         float span = super.getPreferredSpan(axis);
-        if (axis == View.Y_AXIS) {
+        if (!hideBottomPadding && (axis == View.Y_AXIS)) {
             // Add an extra span to avoid typing at the bottom of the screen
             // by adding virtual height
             Container c = getContainer();