Preview inaccurate/gray field added to panels on mac

Photoshop 12.0.1 on Max OSX 10.5.8 with 2 NVidia GeForce GT120 and two screens
I get a useless bit of gray added at the bottom of Configurator Panels (at least in Photoshop); is this because I work on a Mac and do any of you have an idea if this can be corrected?
Thanks for any clarifications.

Hi,
I have not tested it on Mac, I will test it tomorrow. It should be same result.
About the steps to apply the fix on Mac.
1) Use finder open folder /Application/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CS5/Plug-ins/Panels/<Your Panel Name>/Content folder
2) You can see a file with name <Your Panel Name>.swf, rename this file to <Your Panel Name>.swf.bak
3) Copy the downloaded PHSP12Template.swf.gif to same folder, and rename to <Your Panel Name>.swf
4) Reopen Photoshop.
5) You may need drag the "Resize" icon a little up manually, since Photoshop already remember its last size.
6) Re-export panel will overwrite the fix, so need do 1) to 5) again.
Regards,
ZhengPing

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