It turns out I had the sense of the GetLocalBounds bool wrong everywhere, so ...

chrome/browser/ui/views/options/cookies_view.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "chrome/browser/ui/views/options/cookies_view.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #include "base/message_loop.h"
 #include "base/string_util.h"
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 views::View* CookiesView::GetContentsView() {
   return this;
 }
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // CookiesView, views::View overrides:
 
 void CookiesView::Layout() {
   // Lay out the Remove/Remove All buttons in the parent view.
   gfx::Size ps = remove_button_->GetPreferredSize();
-  gfx::Rect parent_bounds = GetParent()->GetLocalBounds();
+  gfx::Rect parent_bounds = GetParent()->GetContentsBounds();
   int y_buttons =
       parent_bounds.bottom() - ps.height() - views::kButtonVEdgeMargin;
 
   remove_button_->SetBounds(kPanelHorizMargin, y_buttons, ps.width(),
                             ps.height());
 
   ps = remove_all_button_->GetPreferredSize();
   int remove_all_x = remove_button_->x() + remove_button_->width() +
       kRelatedControlHorizontalSpacing;
   remove_all_button_->SetBounds(remove_all_x, y_buttons, ps.width(),
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       GetTotalNodeCount() > 1);
 }
 
 void CookiesView::UpdateVisibleDetailedInfo(views::View* view) {
   cookie_info_view_->SetVisible(view == cookie_info_view_);
   database_info_view_->SetVisible(view == database_info_view_);
   local_storage_info_view_->SetVisible(view == local_storage_info_view_);
   appcache_info_view_->SetVisible(view == appcache_info_view_);
   indexed_db_info_view_->SetVisible(view == indexed_db_info_view_);
 }