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	Tue Dec 15 12:23:10 2009 +0100
@@ -104,6 +104,21 @@
     <!-- ACTUAL CHANGES BEGIN HERE: -->
 
     <changes>
+        <change id="GapDocumentView.hideBottomPadding">
+            <summary>Add flag hideBottomPadding to GapDocumentView constructor 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 flag hideBottomPadding to GapDocumentView constructor. Subclasses should override this constructor
+                to pass this flag to superclass constructor.
+                </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	Tue Dec 15 12:23:10 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/CollapsedView.java
--- a/editor.lib/src/org/netbeans/editor/CollapsedView.java	Wed Dec 09 12:27:09 2009 +0100
+++ b/editor.lib/src/org/netbeans/editor/CollapsedView.java	Tue Dec 15 12:23:10 2009 +0100
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
         int eo = parentElem.getElement(eei).getEndOffset();
         
         LockView fakeView = new LockView(
-        new DrawEngineFakeDocView(parentElem, so, eo, false)
+        new DrawEngineFakeDocView(parentElem, so, eo, false, true)
         );
         RootView rootView = new RootView();
         rootView.setView(fakeView);
diff -r c7261870fdfd editor.lib/src/org/netbeans/editor/DrawEngineDocView.java
--- a/editor.lib/src/org/netbeans/editor/DrawEngineDocView.java	Wed Dec 09 12:27:09 2009 +0100
+++ b/editor.lib/src/org/netbeans/editor/DrawEngineDocView.java	Tue Dec 15 12:23:10 2009 +0100
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@
     private boolean estimatedSpanResetInitiated;
     
     DrawEngineDocView(Element elem) {
-        super(elem);
+        this(elem, false);
+    }
+    
+    DrawEngineDocView(Element elem, boolean hideBottomPadding) {
+        super(elem, hideBottomPadding);
         
         setEstimatedSpan(true);
     }
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	Tue Dec 15 12:23:10 2009 +0100
@@ -57,15 +57,18 @@
         private int fakeEndOffset;
         
         DrawEngineFakeDocView(Element elem, int startOffset, int endOffset, boolean useCollapsing){
-            super(elem);
-            
+            this(elem, startOffset, endOffset, useCollapsing, false);
+        }
+
+        DrawEngineFakeDocView(Element elem, int startOffset, int endOffset, boolean useCollapsing, boolean hideBottomPadding){
+            super(elem, hideBottomPadding);
+
             this.useCollapsing = useCollapsing;
             this.fakeStartOffset = startOffset;
             this.fakeEndOffset = endOffset;
             setEstimatedSpan(false);
-            
         }
- 
+        
         @Override
         public int getStartOffset(){
             return fakeStartOffset;
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	Tue Dec 15 12:23:10 2009 +0100
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@
     private int damageRangeStartOffset;
     private int damageRangeEndOffset;
     
+    /** Set to true to avoid adding bottom padding */
+    private boolean hideBottomPadding;
+
     /**
      * Construct a view intended to cover the whole document.
      *
@@ -165,13 +168,29 @@
      *  instead of default layout.
      */
     public GapDocumentView(Element elem) {
+        this(elem, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a view intended to cover the whole document.
+     *
+     * @param elem the element of the model to represent.
+     * @param hideBottomPadding to avoid adding bottom padding to view
+     * @param majorAxis the axis to tile along.  This can be
+     *  either X_AXIS or Y_AXIS.
+     * @param baselineLayout whether baseline layout should be used
+     *  instead of default layout.
+     */
+    public GapDocumentView(Element elem, boolean hideBottomPadding) {
         super(elem, View.Y_AXIS);
+        this.hideBottomPadding = hideBottomPadding;
         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();