diff --git a/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/ClipboardPage.qml b/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/ClipboardPage.qml
--- a/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/ClipboardPage.qml
+++ b/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/ClipboardPage.qml
@@ -76,18 +76,9 @@
         }
     }
 
-    PlasmaExtras.Heading {
-        id: emptyHint
-        Layout.fillWidth: true
-        level: 3
-        opacity: 0.6
-        visible: clipboardMenu.model.count === 0 && filter.length === 0
-        text: i18n("Clipboard is empty")
-    }
-
     RowLayout {
         Layout.fillWidth: true
-        visible: !emptyHint.visible
+        visible: clipboardMenu.model.count > 0
 
         PlasmaComponents.TextField {
             id: filter
diff --git a/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/Menu.qml b/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/Menu.qml
--- a/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/Menu.qml
+++ b/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/Menu.qml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import org.kde.plasma.extras 2.0 as PlasmaExtras
 import org.kde.plasma.components 2.0 as PlasmaComponents
 
+import org.kde.kirigami 2.12 as Kirigami
+
 PlasmaExtras.ScrollArea {
     id: menu
     property alias view: menuListView
@@ -52,5 +54,17 @@
             onBarcode: menu.barcode(uuid)
             onAction: menu.action(uuid)
         }
+
+        Kirigami.PlaceholderMessage {
+            id: emptyHint
+
+            anchors.centerIn: parent
+            anchors.left: parent.left
+            anchors.right: parent.right
+            anchors.margins: units.largeSpacing
+
+            visible: menuListView.count === 0
+            text: i18n("Clipboard is empty")
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/FullRepresentation.qml b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/FullRepresentation.qml
--- a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/FullRepresentation.qml
+++ b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/FullRepresentation.qml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import org.kde.plasma.components 2.0 as PlasmaComponents
 import org.kde.plasma.components 3.0 as PlasmaComponents3
 import org.kde.plasma.extras 2.0 as PlasmaExtras
-import org.kde.kirigami 2.11 as Kirigami
+import org.kde.kirigami 2.12 as Kirigami
 
 import org.kde.kcoreaddons 1.0 as KCoreAddons
 
@@ -577,15 +577,14 @@
                     }
                 }
 
-                PlasmaExtras.Heading {
-                    anchors.fill: parent
-                    horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
-                    verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
-                    wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
-                    level: 3
+                Kirigami.PlaceholderMessage {
+                    anchors.centerIn: parent
+                    anchors.left: parent.left
+                    anchors.right: parent.right
+                    anchors.margins: units.largeSpacing
+
                     text: i18n("No unread notifications")
                     visible: list.count === 0 && NotificationManager.Server.valid
-                    enabled: false
                 }
 
                 ColumnLayout {