diff --git a/src/editor-view.coffee b/src/editor-view.coffee
index ea82127d8..9a5cd92ce 100644
--- a/src/editor-view.coffee
+++ b/src/editor-view.coffee
@@ -428,8 +428,14 @@ class EditorView extends View
 
       lastInput = e.originalEvent.data
       @editor.insertText(lastInput)
-      @hiddenInput.val(lastInput)
-      false
+
+      # Return true if the last input was a space
+      # This prevents parent elements from scrolling
+      if lastInput is ' '
+        true
+      else
+        @hiddenInput.val(lastInput)
+        false
 
   bringHiddenInputIntoView: ->
     @hiddenInput.css(top: @scrollTop(), left: @scrollLeft())