diff --git a/ionic/components/item/modes/ios.scss b/ionic/components/item/modes/ios.scss
index f208e9ee40..7e62e390fa 100644
--- a/ionic/components/item/modes/ios.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/item/modes/ios.scss
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
 $item-ios-border-color:           $list-border-color !default;
+$item-ios-activated-bg-color:     #d9d9d9 !default;
 $item-ios-font-size:              1.6rem !default;
 
 $item-ios-padding-top:            13px !default;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ $item-ios-forward-icon-color:     $item-ios-border-color !default;
       left: $item-ios-padding-left;
       border-top: 1px solid $item-ios-border-color;
       content: '';
+      pointer-events: none;
     }
 
     &:after {
@@ -46,12 +48,17 @@ $item-ios-forward-icon-color:     $item-ios-border-color !default;
       left: $item-ios-padding-left;
       border-top: 1px solid $item-ios-border-color;
       content: '';
+      pointer-events: none;
     }
 
     &:first-child:before,
     &:last-child:after {
       left: 0;
     }
+
+    &.activated {
+      background-color: $item-ios-activated-bg-color;
+    }
   }
 
   ion-header + .item:before {
diff --git a/ionic/components/item/modes/material.scss b/ionic/components/item/modes/material.scss
index a9b067fb16..ce74b48ad7 100644
--- a/ionic/components/item/modes/material.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/item/modes/material.scss
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
 $item-md-border-color:           grayscale(lighten($list-border-color, 8%)) !default;
+$item-md-activated-bg-color:     #f1f1f1 !default;
 $item-md-font-size:              1.6rem !default;
 
 $item-md-padding-top:            13px !default;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ $item-md-forward-icon-color:     $item-md-border-color !default;
       left: $item-md-padding-left;
       border-top: 1px solid $item-md-border-color;
       content: '';
+      pointer-events: none;
     }
 
     &:after {
@@ -47,12 +49,17 @@ $item-md-forward-icon-color:     $item-md-border-color !default;
       left: $item-md-padding-left;
       border-top: 1px solid $item-md-border-color;
       content: '';
+      pointer-events: none;
     }
 
     &:first-child:before,
     &:last-child:after {
       left: 0;
     }
+
+    &.activated {
+      background-color: $item-md-activated-bg-color;
+    }
   }
 
   ion-header + .item:before {
diff --git a/ionic/components/list/list.scss b/ionic/components/list/list.scss
index 949143824b..b183072925 100644
--- a/ionic/components/list/list.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/list/list.scss
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
 }
 
 .list[inset] {
-  border: 1px solid $list-border-color;
-}
+  border-radius: 2px;
+  overflow: hidden;
 
-.hairlines .list[inset] {
-  border-width: 0.55px;
+  ion-header {
+    background-color: $list-background-color;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ionic/components/list/test/inset/main.html b/ionic/components/list/test/inset/main.html
index 6d65518506..7720d80fdb 100644
--- a/ionic/components/list/test/inset/main.html
+++ b/ionic/components/list/test/inset/main.html
@@ -2,37 +2,70 @@
 <ion-toolbar><ion-title>Inset List</ion-title></ion-toolbar>
 
 
-<ion-list inset>
-  <ion-header>
-    Inset List Header
-  </ion-header>
-  <ion-item class="item-text-wrap">
-    Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and
-    climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.
-  </ion-item>
-</ion-list>
+<ion-content class="outer-content">
+
+  <ion-list inset>
+
+    <ion-header>
+      Inset List Header
+    </ion-header>
+
+    <a ion-item href="#">
+      <icon alarm item-left></icon>
+      List Link Item 1
+      <icon forward item-right></icon>
+    </a>
+
+    <a ion-item href="#">
+      <icon analytics item-left></icon>
+      List Link Item 2
+      <icon forward item-right></icon>
+    </a>
+
+    <button ion-item>
+      <icon boat item-left></icon>
+      List Button Item 1
+      <icon forward item-right></icon>
+    </button>
+
+    <button ion-item>
+      <icon book item-left></icon>
+      List Button Item 2
+      <icon forward item-right></icon>
+    </button>
+
+  </ion-list>
 
 
-<ion-list inset>
+  <ion-list inset>
 
-  <ion-item>
-    <icon pin item-left></icon>
-    All Out Inset List
-    <button outline item-right>View</button>
-  </ion-item>
+    <ion-item>
+      Inset List, No Header
+      <button outline item-right>View</button>
+    </ion-item>
 
-  <ion-item class="item-text-wrap">
-    This is a multiline content within a list that should
-    take up multiple lines and stuff.
-  </ion-item>
+    <ion-item>
+      List Item 1
+    </ion-item>
 
-</ion-list>
+    <ion-item>
+      List Item 2
+    </ion-item>
+
+    <ion-item class="item-text-wrap">
+      This is a multiline content within a list that should
+      take up multiple lines and stuff.
+    </ion-item>
+
+  </ion-list>
 
 
-<ion-list inset>
+  <ion-list inset>
 
-  <ion-item>
-    Inset List, no header
-  </ion-item>
+    <ion-item>
+      Inset List, no header, no items
+    </ion-item>
 
-</ion-list>
+  </ion-list>
+
+</ion-content>