diff --git a/src/gui/components/_legacy.py b/src/gui/components/_legacy.py
index fd1bc68..8dd9637 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/_legacy.py
+++ b/src/gui/components/_legacy.py
@@ -1704,29 +1704,26 @@ def render_sticky_footer() -> None:
     st.markdown(
         """
 <style>
-/* ``.stApp`` carries ``zoom: 0.85`` (compact-layout scaler) so any
-   child sized at ``100vh`` only renders at 85vh visually — the bottom
-   ~15% of the viewport is OUTSIDE ``.stApp`` and shows ``body``'s
-   white through, producing a horizontal "white bar" across the full
-   width above the fixed footer. Compensate by stretching ``.stApp``
-   and the layout containers to ``100vh / 0.85`` so they fill the
-   visible viewport. Streamlit renamed the block-container testid in
-   the current release — match both the new ``stMainBlockContainer``
-   and the legacy ``stAppViewBlockContainer`` so the rule keeps
-   working if/when the framework rolls back. */
+/* ``.stApp`` carries ``zoom: 0.85`` (compact-layout scaler). We used to
+   stretch ``.stApp`` to ``100vh / 0.85`` to hide a small white bar
+   below it, but that forced every page to be ~17.6% taller than the
+   viewport — short pages got artificially stretched and the last row
+   of tall pages slid behind the fixed footer. Now we let containers
+   size naturally: ``100vh`` is enough to fill the visible area, and
+   the page-level ``padding-bottom`` set by ``hide_streamlit_chrome``
+   reserves clear space above the footer. */
 .stApp {
-    min-height: calc(100vh / 0.85) !important;
+    min-height: 100vh !important;
 }
 [data-testid="stSidebar"],
 [data-testid="stMain"] {
-    min-height: calc(100vh / 0.85) !important;
-}
-[data-testid="stMainBlockContainer"],
-[data-testid="stAppViewBlockContainer"] {
-    /* Reserve room for the fixed footer overlay (footer min-height
-       32px + 0.25rem * 2 padding ≈ 2rem). */
-    padding-bottom: 2rem !important;
+    min-height: 100vh !important;
 }
+/* DO NOT override ``padding-bottom`` on the block container here — the
+   ``hide_streamlit_chrome`` rule above sets it to 7rem precisely so
+   content clears this footer cleanly. A tighter override here was
+   previously winning the cascade (loaded later) and cutting off the
+   last line of tool-page content. */
 #datatools-sticky-footer {
     position: fixed !important;
     bottom: 0 !important;