diff --git a/quickstep/res/layout/overview_panel.xml b/quickstep/res/layout/overview_panel.xml
index 394e8808c8..9d71000276 100644
--- a/quickstep/res/layout/overview_panel.xml
+++ b/quickstep/res/layout/overview_panel.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
         android:id="@+id/split_placeholder"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="@dimen/split_placeholder_size"
-        android:background="@android:color/white"
-        android:alpha=".8"
+        android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
         android:visibility="gone" />
 
     <com.android.quickstep.views.LauncherRecentsView
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseQuickstepLauncher.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseQuickstepLauncher.java
index 085db6d7b6..e9ded8a07c 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseQuickstepLauncher.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseQuickstepLauncher.java
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ public abstract class BaseQuickstepLauncher extends Launcher
     private final TaskbarStateHandler mTaskbarStateHandler = new TaskbarStateHandler(this);
     // Will be updated when dragging from taskbar.
     private @Nullable DragOptions mNextWorkspaceDragOptions = null;
+    private SplitPlaceholderView mSplitPlaceholderView;
 
     @Override
     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
@@ -215,12 +216,12 @@ public abstract class BaseQuickstepLauncher extends Launcher
 
         SysUINavigationMode.INSTANCE.get(this).updateMode();
         mActionsView = findViewById(R.id.overview_actions_view);
-        SplitPlaceholderView splitPlaceholderView = findViewById(R.id.split_placeholder);
+        mSplitPlaceholderView = findViewById(R.id.split_placeholder);
         RecentsView overviewPanel = (RecentsView) getOverviewPanel();
-        splitPlaceholderView.init(
+        mSplitPlaceholderView.init(
                 new SplitSelectStateController(SystemUiProxy.INSTANCE.get(this))
         );
-        overviewPanel.init(mActionsView, splitPlaceholderView);
+        overviewPanel.init(mActionsView, mSplitPlaceholderView);
         mActionsView.updateVerticalMargin(SysUINavigationMode.getMode(this));
 
         mAppTransitionManager = new QuickstepTransitionManager(this);
@@ -256,6 +257,10 @@ public abstract class BaseQuickstepLauncher extends Launcher
         return (T) mActionsView;
     }
 
+    public SplitPlaceholderView getSplitPlaceholderView() {
+        return mSplitPlaceholderView;
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void closeOpenViews(boolean animate) {
         super.closeOpenViews(animate);
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/BaseRecentsViewStateController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/BaseRecentsViewStateController.java
index d36af09d89..a3a1fef052 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/BaseRecentsViewStateController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/BaseRecentsViewStateController.java
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ public abstract class BaseRecentsViewStateController<T extends RecentsView>
                 config.getInterpolator(ANIM_OVERVIEW_SCRIM_FADE, LINEAR));
         setter.setFloat(scrim, SCRIM_MULTIPLIER, 1f,
                 config.getInterpolator(ANIM_OVERVIEW_SCRIM_FADE, LINEAR));
+        if (toState.areElementsVisible(mLauncher, LauncherState.SPLIT_PLACHOLDER_VIEW)) {
+            scrim.updateStableScrimmedView(mLauncher.getSplitPlaceholderView());
+        } else {
+            scrim.updateStableScrimmedView(mLauncher.getOverviewPanel());
+        }
 
         setter.setFloat(
                 mRecentsView, getTaskModalnessProperty(),
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/RecentsViewStateController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/RecentsViewStateController.java
index 6929b5dc9c..9097c8b4c2 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/RecentsViewStateController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/RecentsViewStateController.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public final class RecentsViewStateController extends
                         ANIM_OVERVIEW_ACTIONS_FADE, LINEAR));
 
         float splitPlaceholderAlpha = state.areElementsVisible(mLauncher, SPLIT_PLACHOLDER_VIEW) ?
-                1 : 0;
+                0.7f : 0;
         propertySetter.setFloat(mRecentsView.getSplitPlaceholder(), ALPHA_FLOAT,
                 splitPlaceholderAlpha, LINEAR);
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/OverviewScrim.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/OverviewScrim.java
index 7d52744b44..7aadb962f7 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/OverviewScrim.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/OverviewScrim.java
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ public class OverviewScrim extends Scrim {
         mStableScrimmedView = mCurrentScrimmedView = mLauncher.getOverviewPanel();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param view The view we want the scrim to be behind
+     */
+    public void updateStableScrimmedView(View view) {
+        mStableScrimmedView = view;
+    }
+
     public void updateCurrentScrimmedView(ViewGroup root) {
         // Find the lowest view that is at or above the view we want to show the scrim behind.
         mCurrentScrimmedView = mStableScrimmedView;
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/LandscapePagedViewHandler.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/LandscapePagedViewHandler.java
index 19dfe15f62..dd5611e7de 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/LandscapePagedViewHandler.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/LandscapePagedViewHandler.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import static com.android.launcher3.touch.SingleAxisSwipeDetector.HORIZONTAL;
 import static com.android.launcher3.util.SplitConfigurationOptions.STAGE_POSITION_BOTTOM_OR_RIGHT;
 import static com.android.launcher3.util.SplitConfigurationOptions.STAGE_POSITION_TOP_OR_LEFT;
 import static com.android.launcher3.util.SplitConfigurationOptions.STAGE_TYPE_MAIN;
-import static com.android.launcher3.util.SplitConfigurationOptions.STAGE_TYPE_SIDE;
 
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.graphics.PointF;
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.OverScroller;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.SplitConfigurationOptions.SplitPositionOption;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class LandscapePagedViewHandler implements PagedOrientationHandler {
@@ -308,15 +307,10 @@ public class LandscapePagedViewHandler implements PagedOrientationHandler {
 
     @Override
     public List<SplitPositionOption> getSplitPositionOptions(DeviceProfile dp) {
-        List<SplitPositionOption> options = new ArrayList<>(2);
-        // Add left/right options where left => position top, right => position bottom
-        options.add(new SplitPositionOption(
+        // Add "left" side of phone which is actually the top
+        return Collections.singletonList(new SplitPositionOption(
                 R.drawable.ic_split_screen, R.string.split_screen_position_left,
                 STAGE_POSITION_TOP_OR_LEFT, STAGE_TYPE_MAIN));
-        options.add(new SplitPositionOption(
-                R.drawable.ic_split_screen, R.string.split_screen_position_right,
-                STAGE_POSITION_BOTTOM_OR_RIGHT, STAGE_TYPE_SIDE));
-        return options;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PortraitPagedViewHandler.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PortraitPagedViewHandler.java
index 29be62733c..2ca0340ee7 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PortraitPagedViewHandler.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PortraitPagedViewHandler.java
@@ -306,16 +306,17 @@ public class PortraitPagedViewHandler implements PagedOrientationHandler {
 
     @Override
     public List<SplitPositionOption> getSplitPositionOptions(DeviceProfile dp) {
-        List<SplitPositionOption> options = new ArrayList<>(2);
+        List<SplitPositionOption> options = new ArrayList<>(1);
         // TODO: Add in correct icons
-        if (dp.isLandscape) { // or seascape
+        if (dp.isSeascape()) { // or seascape
             // Add left/right options
+            options.add(new SplitPositionOption(
+                    R.drawable.ic_split_screen, R.string.split_screen_position_right,
+                    STAGE_POSITION_TOP_OR_LEFT, STAGE_TYPE_MAIN));
+        } else if (dp.isLandscape) {
             options.add(new SplitPositionOption(
                     R.drawable.ic_split_screen, R.string.split_screen_position_left,
                     STAGE_POSITION_TOP_OR_LEFT, STAGE_TYPE_MAIN));
-            options.add(new SplitPositionOption(
-                    R.drawable.ic_split_screen, R.string.split_screen_position_right,
-                    STAGE_POSITION_BOTTOM_OR_RIGHT, STAGE_TYPE_SIDE));
         } else {
             // Only add top option
             options.add(new SplitPositionOption(
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/SeascapePagedViewHandler.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/SeascapePagedViewHandler.java
index b5252f73ea..bd6e31be02 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/SeascapePagedViewHandler.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/SeascapePagedViewHandler.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import static com.android.launcher3.touch.SingleAxisSwipeDetector.HORIZONTAL;
 import static com.android.launcher3.util.SplitConfigurationOptions.STAGE_POSITION_BOTTOM_OR_RIGHT;
 import static com.android.launcher3.util.SplitConfigurationOptions.STAGE_POSITION_TOP_OR_LEFT;
 import static com.android.launcher3.util.SplitConfigurationOptions.STAGE_TYPE_MAIN;
-import static com.android.launcher3.util.SplitConfigurationOptions.STAGE_TYPE_SIDE;
 
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.graphics.PointF;
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ import com.android.launcher3.R;
 import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.SplitConfigurationOptions.SplitPositionOption;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class SeascapePagedViewHandler extends LandscapePagedViewHandler {
@@ -96,15 +95,10 @@ public class SeascapePagedViewHandler extends LandscapePagedViewHandler {
 
     @Override
     public List<SplitPositionOption> getSplitPositionOptions(DeviceProfile dp) {
-        List<SplitPositionOption> options = new ArrayList<>(2);
-        // Add left/right options where left => position bottom, right => position top
-        options.add(new SplitPositionOption(
-                R.drawable.ic_split_screen, R.string.split_screen_position_left,
-                STAGE_POSITION_BOTTOM_OR_RIGHT, STAGE_TYPE_SIDE));
-        options.add(new SplitPositionOption(
+        // Add "right" option which is actually the top
+        return Collections.singletonList(new SplitPositionOption(
                 R.drawable.ic_split_screen, R.string.split_screen_position_right,
                 STAGE_POSITION_TOP_OR_LEFT, STAGE_TYPE_MAIN));
-        return options;
     }
 
     /* ---------- The following are only used by TaskViewTouchHandler. ---------- */