[MD settings] end of page padding in content area

chrome/browser/resources/settings/settings_main/settings_main.js

 // Copyright 2015 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.
 
 /**
  * @fileoverview
  * 'settings-main' displays the selected settings page.
  */
 Polymer({
   is: 'settings-main',
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     this.showAdvancedToggle_ = !this.showAboutPage_ && !isSubpage;
 
     this.showBasicPage_ = this.showAdvancedToggle_ || newRoute.page == 'basic';
 
     this.showAdvancedPage_ =
         (this.isAdvancedMenuOpen_ && this.showAdvancedToggle_) ||
         newRoute.page == 'advanced';
 
     this.style.height = isSubpage ? '100%' : '';
+
+    /* Flush the dom-if changes prior to calculating the overflow padding. */
+    Polymer.dom.flush();

[Dan Beam, 2016/07/02 00:17:31]

can't we just do:

this.async(function() {
  this.$.overscroll.style.paddingBottom = ...;
});

[dschuyler, 2016/07/02 00:23:55]

Done.

+    this.$.overscroll.style.paddingBottom =
+        (this.parentNode.scrollHeight - this.lastSettingsElementHeight_()) +
+        'px';
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Return the height of the last item in the settings content area. Used to
+   * determine how much padding to apply to the end of the content so that the
+   * last element may align with the top of the content area.
+   * @return {number}
+   * @private
+   */
+  lastSettingsElementHeight_: function() {
+    if (!this.currentRoute || this.currentRoute.subpage.length != 0 ||
+        this.showAboutPage_) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {Element} element
+     * @return {number}
+     */
+    function calcHeight(element) {
+      var style = getComputedStyle(element);
+      return element.offsetHeight + parseFloat(style.marginTop) +
+          parseFloat(style.marginBottom);
+    }
+
+    if (this.showAdvancedPage_) {
+      var sections = this.$$('settings-advanced-page').$$(
+          '[data-page=advanced]').querySelectorAll('settings-section');
+      return calcHeight(sections[sections.length - 1]);
+    }
+
+    var toggleContainer = this.$$('#toggleContainer');
+    if (toggleContainer)
+      return calcHeight(toggleContainer);
+
+    return 0;
   },
 
   /** @private */
   toggleAdvancedPage_: function() {
     this.fire('toggle-advanced-page', !this.isAdvancedMenuOpen_);
   },
 });