Take autoHeight as an argument.

src/text-editor-element.coffee

@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ class TextEditorElement extends HTMLElement
     @setAttribute('tabindex', -1)
 
   initializeContent: (attributes) ->
+    unless @autoHeight
+      @style.height = "100%"
+
     if @config.get('editor.useShadowDOM')
       @useShadowDOM = true
 
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ class TextEditorElement extends HTMLElement
     @subscriptions.add @component.onDidChangeScrollLeft =>
       @emitter.emit("did-change-scroll-left", arguments...)
 
-  initialize: (model, {@views, @config, @themes, @workspace, @assert, @styles, @grammars}, @ignoreScrollPastEnd = false) ->
+  initialize: (model, {@views, @config, @themes, @workspace, @assert, @styles, @grammars}, @autoHeight = true, @ignoreScrollPastEnd = false) ->
     throw new Error("Must pass a config parameter when initializing TextEditorElements") unless @views?
     throw new Error("Must pass a config parameter when initializing TextEditorElements") unless @config?
     throw new Error("Must pass a themes parameter when initializing TextEditorElements") unless @themes?
@@ -346,10 +349,6 @@ class TextEditorElement extends HTMLElement
     @style.height = height + "px"
     @component.measureDimensions()
 
-  disableAutoHeight: ->
-    @style.height = "100%"
-    @component.measureDimensions()
-
   getHeight: ->
     @offsetHeight
 

src/text-editor.coffee

@@ -3154,11 +3154,7 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
 
   # Get the Element for the editor.
   getElement: ->
-    unless @editorElement?
-      @editorElement = new TextEditorElement().initialize(this, atom, @ignoreScrollPastEnd)
-      unless @autoHeight
-        @editorElement.disableAutoHeight()
-    @editorElement
+    @editorElement ?= new TextEditorElement().initialize(this, atom, @autoHeight, @ignoreScrollPastEnd)
 
   # Essential: Retrieves the greyed out placeholder of a mini editor.
   #