diff --git a/src/components/action-menu/action-menu.js b/src/components/action-menu/action-menu.js
index 1ce6ac70cf..c999e706c9 100644
--- a/src/components/action-menu/action-menu.js
+++ b/src/components/action-menu/action-menu.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import {NgElement, Component, Template, Parent} from 'angular2/angular2'
 import {ComponentConfig} from 'ionic2/config/component-config'
+import {Icon} from 'ionic2/components/icon/icon'
+import {Item} from 'ionic2/components/item/item'
 
 export let ActionMenuConfig = new ComponentConfig('action-menu')
 
@@ -13,23 +15,29 @@ export let ActionMenuConfig = new ComponentConfig('action-menu')
     <div class="overlay-container">
       <div class="action-menu-container">
 
-        <div class="action-menu-group">
-          <div class="action-menu-label">Action Menu Label</div>
-          <button class="button action-menu-button">Button 1</button>
-          <button class="button action-menu-button">Button 2</button>
+        <div class="list-header">Action Menu List Header</div>
+        <div class="list">
+          <button ion-item class="item">
+            Button 1
+          </button>
+          <button ion-item class="item">
+            Button 2
+          </button>
         </div>
 
-        <div class="action-menu-group">
-          <div class="action-menu-label">Action Menu Label</div>
-          <button class="button action-menu-button">Button 1</button>
-          <button class="button action-menu-button">Button 2</button>
+        <div class="list-header">Action Menu Label</div>
+        <div class="list">
+          <button ion-item class="item">Button 1</button>
+          <button ion-item class="item">Button 2</button>
         </div>
 
-        <div class="action-menu-group">
-          <button class="button action-menu-button">Button 1</button>
+        <div class="list">
+          <button ion-item class="item">Button 1</button>
         </div>
+
       </div>
-    </div>`
+    </div>`,
+  directives: [Item,Icon]
 })
 export class ActionMenu {
   constructor(
@@ -37,8 +45,6 @@ export class ActionMenu {
     @NgElement() ngElement:NgElement
   ) {
     this.domElement = ngElement.domElement
-    this.domElement.classList.add('pane')
-    this.domElement.classList.add('pane-overlay')
     this.config = configFactory.create(this)
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/action-menu/action-menu.scss b/src/components/action-menu/action-menu.scss
index d856699df0..949dce0c03 100644
--- a/src/components/action-menu/action-menu.scss
+++ b/src/components/action-menu/action-menu.scss
@@ -14,21 +14,14 @@ $action-menu-button-text-color:         #007aff !default;
   left: 0;
   bottom: 0;
   width: 100%;
+
+  .list,
+  .list-header {
+    width: $action-menu-width;
+    max-width: $action-menu-max-width;
+    margin-right: auto;
+    margin-left: auto;
+  }
+
 }
 
-.action-menu-group {
-  width: $action-menu-width;
-  max-width: $action-menu-max-width;
-  margin-right: auto;
-  margin-left: auto;
-}
-
-.action-menu-group .action-menu-label {
-  display: block;
-  width: 100%;
-}
-
-.action-menu-group .action-menu-button {
-  display: block;
-  width: 100%;
-}
diff --git a/src/components/action-menu/extensions/ios.scss b/src/components/action-menu/extensions/ios.scss
index 6dd6dd4b46..c2ca3eb8c2 100644
--- a/src/components/action-menu/extensions/ios.scss
+++ b/src/components/action-menu/extensions/ios.scss
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ $action-menu-ios-label-font-size:          1.3rem !default;
 $action-menu-ios-button-color:             #007aff !default;
 $action-menu-ios-button-font-size:         2rem !default;
 
+$action-menu-ios-icon-font-size:           1.4em !default;
+
 
 .action-menu-ios {
   text-align: center;
@@ -68,4 +70,15 @@ $action-menu-ios-button-font-size:         2rem !default;
     border-bottom-right-radius: $action-menu-ios-border-radius;
   }
 
+  .action-menu-container icon {
+    @include flex-display();
+    @include flex-align-items(center);
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    height: 100%;
+    padding: 0 10px 2px;
+    font-size: $action-menu-ios-icon-font-size;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/components/item/item.js b/src/components/item/item.js
index 54ae2e4355..364e99c596 100644
--- a/src/components/item/item.js
+++ b/src/components/item/item.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from 'ionic2/components/item/item-swipe-buttons'
 
 @Component({
-  selector: 'ion-item'
+  selector: 'ion-item,[ion-item]'
 })
 @Template({
   inline: `
diff --git a/src/components/item/item.scss b/src/components/item/item.scss
index e5aadb1e67..3b0389d34b 100644
--- a/src/components/item/item.scss
+++ b/src/components/item/item.scss
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@ $item-padding:            15px !default;
   @include flex-justify-content(space-between);
   @include flex-align-items(center);
 
+  width: 100%;
   min-height: $item-min-height;
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
+  border: 0;
+  outline: none;
+  text-align: initial;
 }
 
 ion-primary-swipe-buttons,