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

chrome/browser/ui/views/options/exceptions_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/exceptions_view.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "base/utf_string_conversions.h"
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       NOTREACHED();
   }
 }
 
 void ExceptionsView::Layout() {
   views::NativeButton* buttons[] = { add_button_, edit_button_,
                                      remove_button_, remove_all_button_ };
 
   // The buttons are placed in the parent, but we need to lay them out.
   int max_y =
-      GetParent()->GetLocalBounds().bottom() - views::kButtonVEdgeMargin;
+      GetParent()->GetContentsBounds().bottom() - views::kButtonVEdgeMargin;
   int x = kPanelHorizMargin;
 
   for (size_t i = 0; i < arraysize(buttons); ++i) {
     gfx::Size pref = buttons[i]->GetPreferredSize();
     buttons[i]->SetBounds(x, max_y - pref.height(), pref.width(),
                           pref.height());
     x += pref.width() + kRelatedControlHorizontalSpacing;
   }
 
   // Lay out the rest of this view.
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   }
 
   UpdateButtonState();
 }
 
 void ExceptionsView::RemoveAll() {
   model_.RemoveAll();
 
   UpdateButtonState();
 }