 			buttonBar = new ButtonBar();
 			buttonBar.addBead(buttonBarModel);
 			buttonBar.addBead(bblayout);
+			buttonBar.addBead(new Viewport());
 			buttonBar.height = 25;
 			buttonBar.width = UIBase(_strand).width;
 			UIBase(_strand).addElement(buttonBar);

			// TODO: allow a developer to specify their own DataGridLayout
			// possibly by seeing if a bead already exists
			
			var bead:IBead = _strand.getBeadByType(IDataGridLayout);
			var layout:IDataGridLayout;
			if (bead == null) {

    import org.apache.flex.html.beads.models.ArraySelectionModel;
    import org.apache.flex.html.beads.models.DataGridPresentationModel;
    import org.apache.flex.html.supportClasses.DataGridColumn;
	import org.apache.flex.html.supportClasses.Viewport;
	
	/**
	 *  The DataGridView class is the visual bead for the org.apache.flex.html.DataGrid. 
