diff -r 5c7495102bd7 -r 25fe0c8831de src/js/layout.js
--- a/src/js/layout.js	Mon Nov 21 11:34:07 2011 +0100
+++ b/src/js/layout.js	Mon Nov 21 11:46:29 2011 +0100
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@
     this._widgets.push(newDiv);
 
     var divTempl = "<div id='{{id}}' style='width: 100%; position: relative;'></div";
-    var spacerTempl = "<div id='{{spacer_id}}' style='width: 100%; position: relative; height: 5px;'></div";
+    var spacerTempl = "<div id='{{spacer_id}}' style='width: 100%; position: relative; height: {{spacer_div_height}};'></div";
     
     var divCode = Mustache.to_html(divTempl, {id: newDiv});
-    var spacerCode = Mustache.to_html(spacerTempl, {spacer_id: spacerDiv});
+    var spacerCode = Mustache.to_html(spacerTempl, {spacer_id: spacerDiv, spacer_div_height: IriSP.widgetsDefaults.LayoutManager.spacer_div_height });
 
     this.selector.append(spacerCode);
     this.selector.append(divCode);