diff --git a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/FullRepresentation.qml b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/FullRepresentation.qml
--- a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/FullRepresentation.qml
+++ b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/FullRepresentation.qml
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@
 
         height: Math.floor(units.devicePixelRatio)
         color: Qt.tint(PlasmaCore.ColorScope.textColor, Qt.rgba(PlasmaCore.ColorScope.backgroundColor.r, PlasmaCore.ColorScope.backgroundColor.g, PlasmaCore.ColorScope.backgroundColor.b, 0.7))
-
-        width:  root.width
+        opacity: 0.6
+        width: root.width - 2 * units.gridUnit
 
         anchors {
             top: header.top
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@
         width:  root.width
         height: Math.floor(units.devicePixelRatio)
         color: Qt.tint(PlasmaCore.ColorScope.textColor, Qt.rgba(PlasmaCore.ColorScope.backgroundColor.r, PlasmaCore.ColorScope.backgroundColor.g, PlasmaCore.ColorScope.backgroundColor.b, 0.7))
+        opacity: 0.6
 
         anchors {
             top: header.top
diff --git a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffListView.qml b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffListView.qml
--- a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffListView.qml
+++ b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffListView.qml
@@ -54,19 +54,20 @@
         listView.decrementCurrentIndex();
     }
 
+    
     PlasmaExtras.ScrollArea {
         id: scrollArea
-
+        frameVisible: false
         anchors.fill: parent
 
         ListView {
             id: listView
-
+        
             focus: true
-
+            
             keyNavigationWraps: true
             boundsBehavior: Flickable.StopAtBounds
-
+            
             highlight: KickoffHighlight {}
             highlightMoveDuration : 0
             highlightResizeDuration: 0