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deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/drawable-xlarge-mdpi/recents_thumbnail_bg.png b/packages/SystemUI/res/drawable-xlarge-mdpi/recents_thumbnail_bg.png
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/drawable-xlarge-mdpi/recents_thumbnail_bg_press.png b/packages/SystemUI/res/drawable-xlarge-mdpi/recents_thumbnail_bg_press.png
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/drawable/recents_thumbnail_overlay.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/drawable/recents_thumbnail_overlay.xml
index 200bac40b947f..6d0509511ecc0 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/drawable/recents_thumbnail_overlay.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/drawable/recents_thumbnail_overlay.xml
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
 -->
 <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
     <item android:drawable="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_bg_press" android:state_pressed="true" />
+    <item android:drawable="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_bg" android:state_activated="true" />
     <item android:drawable="@*android:color/transparent"/>
 </selector>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-land/status_bar_recent_item.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-land/status_bar_recent_item.xml
index 42db77e123117..e99888c966148 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-land/status_bar_recent_item.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-land/status_bar_recent_item.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
             android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_left_margin"
             android:scaleType="center"
             android:clickable="true"
-            android:background="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_bg"
-            android:foreground="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_overlay">
+            android:background="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_overlay">
             <ImageView android:id="@+id/app_thumbnail_image"
                 android:layout_width="match_parent"
                 android:layout_height="match_parent"
@@ -54,8 +53,8 @@
             android:layout_alignTop="@id/app_thumbnail"
             android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_top_margin"
             android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_left_margin"
-            android:maxWidth="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_max_width"
-            android:maxHeight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_max_height"
+            android:maxWidth="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_width"
+            android:maxHeight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_height"
             android:adjustViewBounds="true"
             android:visibility="invisible"
         />
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@
             android:layout_alignLeft="@id/app_thumbnail"
             android:layout_below="@id/app_thumbnail"
             android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_description_padding"
-            android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_left"
             android:singleLine="true"
             android:ellipsize="marquee"
             android:visibility="invisible"
@@ -86,7 +84,6 @@
             android:layout_alignLeft="@id/app_thumbnail"
             android:layout_below="@id/app_label"
             android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_description_padding"
-            android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_left"
             android:singleLine="true"
             android:ellipsize="marquee"
         />
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-port/status_bar_recent_item.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-port/status_bar_recent_item.xml
index f6b72d43906d8..73ca335e134ec 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-port/status_bar_recent_item.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-port/status_bar_recent_item.xml
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
             android:clickable="true"
             android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_left_margin"
             android:scaleType="center"
-            android:background="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_bg"
-            android:foreground="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_overlay">
+            android:background="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_overlay">
             <ImageView android:id="@+id/app_thumbnail_image"
                 android:layout_width="match_parent"
                 android:layout_height="match_parent"
@@ -52,8 +51,8 @@
             android:layout_alignTop="@id/app_thumbnail"
             android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_left_margin"
             android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_top_margin"
-            android:maxWidth="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_max_width"
-            android:maxHeight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_max_height"
+            android:maxWidth="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_width"
+            android:maxHeight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_height"
             android:adjustViewBounds="true"
         />
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-sw600dp/status_bar_recent_item.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-sw600dp/status_bar_recent_item.xml
index 8dab2e6ba12fe..cab90fd4b05fa 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-sw600dp/status_bar_recent_item.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-sw600dp/status_bar_recent_item.xml
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
         android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
+        android:clickable="true"
         android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_left_margin"
         android:scaleType="center"
-        android:clickable="true"
-        android:background="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_bg"
-        android:foreground="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_overlay">
+        android:background="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_overlay">
         <ImageView android:id="@+id/app_thumbnail_image"
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
             android:layout_height="match_parent"
@@ -48,8 +47,8 @@
         android:layout_alignTop="@id/app_thumbnail"
         android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_left_margin"
         android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_top_margin"
-        android:maxWidth="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_max_width"
-        android:maxHeight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_max_height"
+        android:maxWidth="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_width"
+        android:maxHeight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_height"
         android:adjustViewBounds="true"
     />
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-sw600dp/status_bar_recent_panel.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-sw600dp/status_bar_recent_panel.xml
index 2c9a15202b315..4ef602ee31786 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-sw600dp/status_bar_recent_panel.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-sw600dp/status_bar_recent_panel.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
             android:clipChildren="false"
             >
             <com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsVerticalScrollView android:id="@+id/recents_container"
-                android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_width"
+                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                 android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_right_glow_margin"
                 android:divider="@null"
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-hdpi/dimens.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-hdpi/dimens.xml
index 287e0d162dd89..6b6fd4d637366 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-hdpi/dimens.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-hdpi/dimens.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
 */
 -->
 <resources>
-    <!-- Offsets for rendering thumbnails over drawable recents_thumbnail_bg -->
-    <dimen name="recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_left">6px</dimen>
-    <dimen name="recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_top">7px</dimen>
-    <dimen name="recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_right">6px</dimen>
-    <dimen name="recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_bottom">6px</dimen>
-
     <!-- thickness (height) of each notification row, including any separators or padding -->
     <!-- Note: this is 64dip + 1px divider = 97px. -->
     <dimen name="notification_height">97px</dimen>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-land/dimens.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-land/dimens.xml
index 656c7c1d74519..ca74b8b42bbb7 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-land/dimens.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-land/dimens.xml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
     <dimen name="status_bar_recents_thumbnail_left_margin">8dp</dimen>
     <!-- How far the thumbnail for a recent app appears from top edge -->
     <dimen name="status_bar_recents_thumbnail_top_margin">12dp</dimen>
-    <!-- Width of scrollable area in recents -->
-    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_width">128dp</dimen>
     <!-- Padding for text descriptions -->
     <dimen name="status_bar_recents_text_description_padding">8dp</dimen>
     <!-- Width of application label text -->
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-mdpi/dimens.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-mdpi/dimens.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 741b75a55a6a2..0000000000000
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-mdpi/dimens.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!--
- * Copyright (c) 2011, The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
-*/
--->
-<resources>
-    <!-- Offsets for rendering thumbnails over drawable recents_thumbnail_bg -->
-    <dimen name="recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_left">6px</dimen>
-    <dimen name="recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_top">7px</dimen>
-    <dimen name="recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_right">6px</dimen>
-    <dimen name="recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_bottom">6px</dimen>
-</resources>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-port/dimens.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-port/dimens.xml
index 03b17e99cbf05..b89a610020e6a 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-port/dimens.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-port/dimens.xml
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@
     <!-- Recent Applications parameters -->
     <!-- How far the thumbnail for a recent app appears from left edge -->
     <dimen name="status_bar_recents_thumbnail_left_margin">110dp</dimen>
-    <!-- Width of scrollable area in recents -->
-    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_width">356dp</dimen>
     <!-- Padding for text descriptions -->
     <dimen name="status_bar_recents_text_description_padding">8dp</dimen>
     <!-- Width of application label text -->
     <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_label_width">97dip</dimen>
     <!-- Left margin of application label text -->
-    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_label_left_margin">16dip</dimen>
+    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_label_left_margin">8dip</dimen>
     <!-- Margin between recents container and glow on the right -->
     <dimen name="status_bar_recents_right_glow_margin">100dip</dimen>
 </resources>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-sw600dp/dimens.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-sw600dp/dimens.xml
index a5bea5c752cca..fe9245dda1fc8 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-sw600dp/dimens.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-sw600dp/dimens.xml
@@ -30,16 +30,19 @@
     <dimen name="panel_float">56dp</dimen>
 
     <!-- Recent Applications parameters -->
-    <!-- Width of a recent app view, including all content -->
-    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_thumbnail_view_width">156dp</dimen>
     <!-- How far the thumbnail for a recent app appears from left edge -->
-    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_thumbnail_left_margin">110dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_thumbnail_left_margin">121dp</dimen>
     <!-- Upper width limit for application icon -->
-    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_thumbnail_max_width">64dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_width">64dp</dimen>
     <!-- Upper height limit for application icon -->
-    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_thumbnail_max_height">64dp</dimen>
-    <!-- Width of scrollable area in recents -->
-    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_width">356dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_height">64dp</dimen>
+
+    <!-- Size of application icon -->
+    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_thumbnail_width">245dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_thumbnail_height">144dp</dimen>
+
+    <!-- Width of recents panel -->
+    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_width">600dp</dimen>
     <!-- Padding for text descriptions -->
     <dimen name="status_bar_recents_text_description_padding">8dp</dimen>
     <!-- Size of application label text -->
@@ -55,12 +58,6 @@
     <!-- Margin between recents container and glow on the right -->
     <dimen name="status_bar_recents_right_glow_margin">100dip</dimen>
 
-    <!-- Offsets for rendering thumbnails over drawable recents_thumbnail_bg -->
-    <dimen name="recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_left">15px</dimen>
-    <dimen name="recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_top">8px</dimen>
-    <dimen name="recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_right">12px</dimen>
-    <dimen name="recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_bottom">8px</dimen>
-
     <!-- Where to place the app icon over the thumbnail -->
     <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_icon_left_margin">13dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_icon_top_margin">13dp</dimen>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/colors.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/colors.xml
index 5d14fa8e96985..4c222f9e19bc6 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/colors.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@
     <drawable name="ticker_background_color">#ff1d1d1d</drawable>
     <drawable name="status_bar_background">#ff000000</drawable>
     <drawable name="status_bar_recents_background">#b3000000</drawable>
+    <drawable name="status_bar_recents_app_thumbnail_background">#88000000</drawable>
     <drawable name="status_bar_notification_row_background_color">#ff000000</drawable>
 </resources>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
index f633825c5e261..d0ece6c67eb83 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -21,17 +21,21 @@
 
     <!-- Recent Applications parameters -->
     <!-- Upper width limit for application icon -->
-    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_thumbnail_max_width">64dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_width">64dp</dimen>
     <!-- Upper height limit for application icon -->
-    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_thumbnail_max_height">64dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_height">64dp</dimen>
     <!-- Where to place the app icon over the thumbnail -->
     <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_icon_left_margin">13dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_icon_top_margin">13dp</dimen>
 
+    <!-- Size of application thumbnail -->
+    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_thumbnail_width">164dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_thumbnail_height">164dp</dimen>
+
     <!-- Size of application label text -->
-    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_label_text_size">18dip</dimen>
+    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_label_text_size">16dip</dimen>
     <!-- Size of application description text -->
-    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_description_text_size">18dip</dimen>
+    <dimen name="status_bar_recents_app_description_text_size">16dip</dimen>
     <!-- Size of fading edge for scroll effect -->
     <dimen name="status_bar_recents_fading_edge_length">20dip</dimen>
     <!-- Margin between recents container and glow on the right -->
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/SwipeHelper.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/SwipeHelper.java
index 6cfbc1b267685..14743f48aa744 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/SwipeHelper.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/SwipeHelper.java
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ public class SwipeHelper {
                         dismissChild(mCurrView, childSwipedFastEnough ? velocity : 0f);
                     } else {
                         // snappity
+                        mCallback.onDragCancelled(mCurrView);
                         snapChild(mCurrView, velocity);
                     }
                 }
@@ -325,5 +326,7 @@ public class SwipeHelper {
         void onBeginDrag(View v);
 
         void onChildDismissed(View v);
+
+        void onDragCancelled(View v);
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsHorizontalScrollView.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsHorizontalScrollView.java
index 7ad7484a3f3d4..85cde7c00da2c 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsHorizontalScrollView.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsHorizontalScrollView.java
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ public class RecentsHorizontalScrollView extends HorizontalScrollView
         // We do this so the underlying ScrollView knows that it won't get
         // the chance to intercept events anymore
         requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
+        v.setActivated(true);
+    }
+
+    public void onDragCancelled(View v) {
+        v.setActivated(false);
     }
 
     public View getChildAtPosition(MotionEvent ev) {
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsPanelView.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsPanelView.java
index 233ed6ccb7851..d19b98a20cb15 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsPanelView.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsPanelView.java
@@ -84,12 +84,8 @@ public class RecentsPanelView extends RelativeLayout
     private View mRecentsScrim;
     private View mRecentsGlowView;
     private ViewGroup mRecentsContainer;
-    private Bitmap mGlowBitmap;
-    // TODO: add these widgets attributes to the layout file
-    private int mGlowBitmapPaddingLeftPx;
-    private int mGlowBitmapPaddingTopPx;
-    private int mGlowBitmapPaddingRightPx;
-    private int mGlowBitmapPaddingBottomPx;
+    private Bitmap mAppThumbnailBackground;
+
     private boolean mShowing;
     private Choreographer mChoreo;
     private View mRecentsDismissButton;
@@ -129,7 +125,7 @@ public class RecentsPanelView extends RelativeLayout
         }
 
         public void setThumbnail(Bitmap thumbnail) {
-            mThumbnail = compositeBitmap(mGlowBitmap, thumbnail);
+            mThumbnail = compositeBitmap(mAppThumbnailBackground, thumbnail);
         }
 
         public Bitmap getThumbnail() {
@@ -327,15 +323,12 @@ public class RecentsPanelView extends RelativeLayout
 
         mIconDpi = xlarge ? DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_HIGH : res.getDisplayMetrics().densityDpi;
 
-        mGlowBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, R.drawable.recents_thumbnail_bg);
-        mGlowBitmapPaddingLeftPx =
-                res.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_left);
-        mGlowBitmapPaddingTopPx =
-                res.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_top);
-        mGlowBitmapPaddingRightPx =
-                res.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_right);
-        mGlowBitmapPaddingBottomPx =
-                res.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.recents_thumbnail_bg_padding_bottom);
+        int width = (int) res.getDimension(R.dimen.status_bar_recents_thumbnail_width);
+        int height = (int) res.getDimension(R.dimen.status_bar_recents_thumbnail_height);
+        int color = res.getColor(R.drawable.status_bar_recents_app_thumbnail_background);
+        mAppThumbnailBackground = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
+        Canvas c = new Canvas(mAppThumbnailBackground);
+        c.drawColor(color);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -570,6 +563,9 @@ public class RecentsPanelView extends RelativeLayout
             mThumbnailLoader = null;
         }
         mActivityDescriptions = getRecentTasks();
+        for (ActivityDescription ad : mActivityDescriptions) {
+            ad.setThumbnail(mAppThumbnailBackground);
+        }
         mListAdapter.notifyDataSetInvalidated();
         if (mActivityDescriptions.size() > 0) {
             if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Showing " + mActivityDescriptions.size() + " apps");
@@ -644,14 +640,8 @@ public class RecentsPanelView extends RelativeLayout
             paint.setAntiAlias(true);
             paint.setFilterBitmap(true);
             paint.setAlpha(255);
-            final int srcWidth = thumbnail.getWidth();
-            final int srcHeight = thumbnail.getHeight();
-            if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Source thumb: " + srcWidth + "x" + srcHeight);
-            canvas.drawBitmap(thumbnail,
-                    new Rect(0, 0, srcWidth-1, srcHeight-1),
-                    new RectF(mGlowBitmapPaddingLeftPx, mGlowBitmapPaddingTopPx,
-                            outBitmap.getWidth() - mGlowBitmapPaddingRightPx,
-                            outBitmap.getHeight() - mGlowBitmapPaddingBottomPx), paint);
+            canvas.drawBitmap(thumbnail, null,
+                    new RectF(0, 0, outBitmap.getWidth(), outBitmap.getHeight()), paint);
             canvas.setBitmap(null);
         }
         return outBitmap;
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsVerticalScrollView.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsVerticalScrollView.java
index 1b6daa57c7c21..3acef08445937 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsVerticalScrollView.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsVerticalScrollView.java
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ public class RecentsVerticalScrollView extends ScrollView implements SwipeHelper
         // We do this so the underlying ScrollView knows that it won't get
         // the chance to intercept events anymore
         requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
+        v.setActivated(true);
+    }
+
+    public void onDragCancelled(View v) {
+        v.setActivated(false);
     }
 
     public View getChildAtPosition(MotionEvent ev) {
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/NotificationRowLayout.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/NotificationRowLayout.java
index 469b462ace480..e287b7a36d8d2 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/NotificationRowLayout.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/NotificationRowLayout.java
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ public class NotificationRowLayout extends ViewGroup implements SwipeHelper.Call
         requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
     }
 
+    public void onDragCancelled(View v) {
+    }
+
     public View getChildAtPosition(MotionEvent ev) {
         // find the view under the pointer, accounting for GONE views
         final int count = getChildCount();
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/tablet/TabletStatusBar.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/tablet/TabletStatusBar.java
index 2ab667d52121e..7133b295564b9 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/tablet/TabletStatusBar.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/tablet/TabletStatusBar.java
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ public class TabletStatusBar extends StatusBar implements
         mStatusBarView.setIgnoreChildren(2, mRecentButton, mRecentsPanel);
 
         lp = new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
-                ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
+                (int) res.getDimension(R.dimen.status_bar_recents_width),
                 ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
                 WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_STATUS_BAR_PANEL,
                 WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN