diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/BackgroundAppState.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/BackgroundAppState.java
index 53dcc74..fdb13b1 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/BackgroundAppState.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/BackgroundAppState.java
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@
  */
 package com.android.launcher3.uioverrides;
 
+import android.os.RemoteException;
 import com.android.launcher3.Launcher;
 import com.android.launcher3.allapps.AllAppsTransitionController;
 import com.android.quickstep.QuickScrubController;
+import com.android.quickstep.RecentsModel;
 import com.android.quickstep.util.LayoutUtils;
+import com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsView;
+import com.android.systemui.shared.recents.ISystemUiProxy;
 
 /**
  * State indicating that the Launcher is behind an app
@@ -43,4 +47,27 @@
         float progressDelta = (transitionLength / scrollRange);
         return super.getVerticalProgress(launcher) + progressDelta;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public float[] getOverviewScaleAndTranslationYFactor(Launcher launcher) {
+        // Initialize the recents view scale to what it would be when starting swipe up/quickscrub
+        RecentsView recentsView = launcher.getOverviewPanel();
+        recentsView.getTaskSize(sTempRect);
+        int appWidth = launcher.getDragLayer().getWidth();
+        if (recentsView.shouldUseMultiWindowTaskSizeStrategy()) {
+            ISystemUiProxy sysUiProxy = RecentsModel.INSTANCE.get(launcher).getSystemUiProxy();
+            if (sysUiProxy != null) {
+                try {
+                    // Try to use the actual non-minimized app width (launcher will be resized to
+                    // the non-minimized bounds, which differs from the app width in landscape
+                    // multi-window mode
+                    appWidth = sysUiProxy.getNonMinimizedSplitScreenSecondaryBounds().width();
+                } catch (RemoteException e) {
+                    // Ignore, fall back to just using the drag layer width
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        float scale = (float) appWidth / sTempRect.width();
+        return new float[] { scale, 0f };
+    }
 }
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/ActivityControlHelper.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/ActivityControlHelper.java
index 206c8be..2331a4e 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/ActivityControlHelper.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/ActivityControlHelper.java
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
             }
 
             if (interactionType == INTERACTION_NORMAL) {
-                playScaleDownAnim(anim, activity);
+                playScaleDownAnim(anim, activity, endState);
             }
 
             anim.setDuration(transitionLength * 2);
@@ -304,14 +304,24 @@
         /**
          * Scale down recents from the center task being full screen to being in overview.
          */
-        private void playScaleDownAnim(AnimatorSet anim, Launcher launcher) {
+        private void playScaleDownAnim(AnimatorSet anim, Launcher launcher,
+                LauncherState endState) {
             RecentsView recentsView = launcher.getOverviewPanel();
             TaskView v = recentsView.getTaskViewAt(recentsView.getCurrentPage());
             if (v == null) {
                 return;
             }
+
+            // Setup the clip animation helper source/target rects in the final transformed state
+            // of the recents view (a scale may be applied prior to this animation starting to
+            // line up the side pages during swipe up)
+            float prevRvScale = recentsView.getScaleX();
+            float targetRvScale = endState.getOverviewScaleAndTranslationYFactor(launcher)[0];
+            SCALE_PROPERTY.set(recentsView, targetRvScale);
             ClipAnimationHelper clipHelper = new ClipAnimationHelper();
             clipHelper.fromTaskThumbnailView(v.getThumbnail(), (RecentsView) v.getParent(), null);
+            SCALE_PROPERTY.set(recentsView, prevRvScale);
+
             if (!clipHelper.getSourceRect().isEmpty() && !clipHelper.getTargetRect().isEmpty()) {
                 float fromScale = clipHelper.getSourceRect().width()
                         / clipHelper.getTargetRect().width();
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/ClipAnimationHelper.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/ClipAnimationHelper.java
index 711ef58..8c84f29 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/ClipAnimationHelper.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/ClipAnimationHelper.java
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@
 
     // Whether to boost the opening animation target layers, or the closing
     private int mBoostModeTargetLayers = -1;
-    // Wether or not applyTransform has been called yet since prepareAnimation()
-    private boolean mIsFirstFrame = true;
 
     private BiFunction<RemoteAnimationTargetCompat, Float, Float> mTaskAlphaCallback =
             (t, a1) -> a1;
diff --git a/res/drawable/qsb_host_view_focus_bg.xml b/res/drawable/qsb_host_view_focus_bg.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7300b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/drawable/qsb_host_view_focus_bg.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+/*
+**
+** Copyright 2018, 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.
+*/
+-->
+
+<!-- Used as the widget host view background when giving focus to a child via keyboard. -->
+<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+    <item android:state_selected="true">
+        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
+            <stroke android:color="#fff" android:width="2dp" />
+        </shape>
+    </item>
+    <item android:state_focused="true">
+        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
+            <solid android:color="@color/focused_background" />
+        </shape>
+    </item>
+</selector>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/qsb/QsbWidgetHostView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/qsb/QsbWidgetHostView.java
index cff5126..f5ecda3 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/qsb/QsbWidgetHostView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/qsb/QsbWidgetHostView.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.android.launcher3.qsb;
 
-import android.appwidget.AppWidgetHostView;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -26,17 +25,20 @@
 
 import com.android.launcher3.Launcher;
 import com.android.launcher3.R;
+import com.android.launcher3.widget.NavigableAppWidgetHostView;
 
 /**
  * Appwidget host view with QSB specific logic.
  */
-public class QsbWidgetHostView extends AppWidgetHostView {
+public class QsbWidgetHostView extends NavigableAppWidgetHostView {
 
     @ViewDebug.ExportedProperty(category = "launcher")
     private int mPreviousOrientation;
 
     public QsbWidgetHostView(Context context) {
         super(context);
+        setFocusable(true);
+        setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.qsb_host_view_focus_bg);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -89,4 +91,9 @@
                 Launcher.getLauncher(v2.getContext()).startSearch("", false, null, true));
         return v;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean shouldAllowDirectClick() {
+        return true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/ListViewHighlighter.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/ListViewHighlighter.java
index 360546e..c9fe228 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/ListViewHighlighter.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/ListViewHighlighter.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     @Override
     public void onScroll(AbsListView view, int firstVisibleItem,
             int visibleItemCount, int totalItemCount) {
-        highlightIfVisible(firstVisibleItem, firstVisibleItem + visibleItemCount);
+        highlightIfVisible(firstVisibleItem, firstVisibleItem + visibleItemCount - 1);
     }
 
     private boolean highlightIfVisible(int start, int end) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
index 12859c7..95f8daa 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
@@ -16,16 +16,13 @@
 
 package com.android.launcher3.widget;
 
-import android.appwidget.AppWidgetHostView;
 import android.appwidget.AppWidgetProviderInfo;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.graphics.PointF;
-import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.SystemClock;
 import android.util.SparseBooleanArray;
-import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -49,12 +46,10 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragLayer;
 import com.android.launcher3.views.BaseDragLayer.TouchCompleteListener;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-
 /**
  * {@inheritDoc}
  */
-public class LauncherAppWidgetHostView extends AppWidgetHostView
+public class LauncherAppWidgetHostView extends NavigableAppWidgetHostView
         implements TouchCompleteListener, View.OnLongClickListener {
 
     // Related to the auto-advancing of widgets
@@ -75,9 +70,6 @@
 
     private float mSlop;
 
-    @ViewDebug.ExportedProperty(category = "launcher")
-    private boolean mChildrenFocused;
-
     private boolean mIsScrollable;
     private boolean mIsAttachedToWindow;
     private boolean mIsAutoAdvanceRegistered;
@@ -267,98 +259,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public int getDescendantFocusability() {
-        return mChildrenFocused ? ViewGroup.FOCUS_BEFORE_DESCENDANTS
-                : ViewGroup.FOCUS_BLOCK_DESCENDANTS;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) {
-        if (mChildrenFocused && event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ESCAPE
-                && event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
-            mChildrenFocused = false;
-            requestFocus();
-            return true;
-        }
-        return super.dispatchKeyEvent(event);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
-        if (!mChildrenFocused && keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER) {
-            event.startTracking();
-            return true;
-        }
-        return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
-        if (event.isTracking()) {
-            if (!mChildrenFocused && keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER) {
-                mChildrenFocused = true;
-                ArrayList<View> focusableChildren = getFocusables(FOCUS_FORWARD);
-                focusableChildren.remove(this);
-                int childrenCount = focusableChildren.size();
-                switch (childrenCount) {
-                    case 0:
-                        mChildrenFocused = false;
-                        break;
-                    case 1: {
-                        if (getTag() instanceof ItemInfo) {
-                            ItemInfo item = (ItemInfo) getTag();
-                            if (item.spanX == 1 && item.spanY == 1) {
-                                focusableChildren.get(0).performClick();
-                                mChildrenFocused = false;
-                                return true;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        // continue;
-                    }
-                    default:
-                        focusableChildren.get(0).requestFocus();
-                        return true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return super.onKeyUp(keyCode, event);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void onFocusChanged(boolean gainFocus, int direction, Rect previouslyFocusedRect) {
-        if (gainFocus) {
-            mChildrenFocused = false;
-            dispatchChildFocus(false);
-        }
-        super.onFocusChanged(gainFocus, direction, previouslyFocusedRect);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void requestChildFocus(View child, View focused) {
-        super.requestChildFocus(child, focused);
-        dispatchChildFocus(mChildrenFocused && focused != null);
-        if (focused != null) {
-            focused.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void clearChildFocus(View child) {
-        super.clearChildFocus(child);
-        dispatchChildFocus(false);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean dispatchUnhandledMove(View focused, int direction) {
-        return mChildrenFocused;
-    }
-
-    private void dispatchChildFocus(boolean childIsFocused) {
-        // The host view's background changes when selected, to indicate the focus is inside.
-        setSelected(childIsFocused);
-    }
-
     public void switchToErrorView() {
         // Update the widget with 0 Layout id, to reset the view to error view.
         updateAppWidget(new RemoteViews(getAppWidgetInfo().provider.getPackageName(), 0));
@@ -502,4 +402,13 @@
         mLauncher.removeItem(this, info, false  /* deleteFromDb */);
         mLauncher.bindAppWidget(info);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean shouldAllowDirectClick() {
+        if (getTag() instanceof ItemInfo) {
+            ItemInfo item = (ItemInfo) getTag();
+            return item.spanX == 1 && item.spanY == 1;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/NavigableAppWidgetHostView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/NavigableAppWidgetHostView.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68b1595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/NavigableAppWidgetHostView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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.
+ */
+
+package com.android.launcher3.widget;
+
+import android.appwidget.AppWidgetHostView;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.graphics.Rect;
+import android.view.KeyEvent;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewDebug;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/**
+ * Extension of AppWidgetHostView with support for controlled keyboard navigation.
+ */
+public abstract class NavigableAppWidgetHostView extends AppWidgetHostView {
+
+    @ViewDebug.ExportedProperty(category = "launcher")
+    private boolean mChildrenFocused;
+
+    public NavigableAppWidgetHostView(Context context) {
+        super(context);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getDescendantFocusability() {
+        return mChildrenFocused ? ViewGroup.FOCUS_BEFORE_DESCENDANTS
+                : ViewGroup.FOCUS_BLOCK_DESCENDANTS;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) {
+        if (mChildrenFocused && event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ESCAPE
+                && event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
+            mChildrenFocused = false;
+            requestFocus();
+            return true;
+        }
+        return super.dispatchKeyEvent(event);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
+        if (!mChildrenFocused && keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER) {
+            event.startTracking();
+            return true;
+        }
+        return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
+        if (event.isTracking()) {
+            if (!mChildrenFocused && keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER) {
+                mChildrenFocused = true;
+                ArrayList<View> focusableChildren = getFocusables(FOCUS_FORWARD);
+                focusableChildren.remove(this);
+                int childrenCount = focusableChildren.size();
+                switch (childrenCount) {
+                    case 0:
+                        mChildrenFocused = false;
+                        break;
+                    case 1: {
+                        if (shouldAllowDirectClick()) {
+                            focusableChildren.get(0).performClick();
+                            mChildrenFocused = false;
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                        // continue;
+                    }
+                    default:
+                        focusableChildren.get(0).requestFocus();
+                        return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return super.onKeyUp(keyCode, event);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * For a widget with only a single interactive element, return true if whole widget should act
+     * as a single interactive element, and clicking 'enter' should activate the child element
+     * directly. Otherwise clicking 'enter' will only move the focus inside the widget.
+     */
+    protected abstract boolean shouldAllowDirectClick();
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onFocusChanged(boolean gainFocus, int direction, Rect previouslyFocusedRect) {
+        if (gainFocus) {
+            mChildrenFocused = false;
+            dispatchChildFocus(false);
+        }
+        super.onFocusChanged(gainFocus, direction, previouslyFocusedRect);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void requestChildFocus(View child, View focused) {
+        super.requestChildFocus(child, focused);
+        dispatchChildFocus(mChildrenFocused && focused != null);
+        if (focused != null) {
+            focused.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void clearChildFocus(View child) {
+        super.clearChildFocus(child);
+        dispatchChildFocus(false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean dispatchUnhandledMove(View focused, int direction) {
+        return mChildrenFocused;
+    }
+
+    private void dispatchChildFocus(boolean childIsFocused) {
+        // The host view's background changes when selected, to indicate the focus is inside.
+        setSelected(childIsFocused);
+    }
+}