diff --git a/examples/app_library/style.css b/examples/app_library/style.css
index b912d5f8..fef7259d 100644
--- a/examples/app_library/style.css
+++ b/examples/app_library/style.css
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 child:hover {
     transition: 100ms;
-    background: #b1a6a6;
+    background: #888888;
 }
 child {
     border-radius: 5px;
 }
 gridview {
-    background: #474141;
+    background: #333333;
 }
 window {
-    background: #474141;
+    background: #333333;
     border-radius: 15px;
 }
diff --git a/examples/launcher/application_row/application_row.ui b/examples/launcher/application_row/application_row.ui
index 5e477e0d..70de6cfe 100644
--- a/examples/launcher/application_row/application_row.ui
+++ b/examples/launcher/application_row/application_row.ui
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
         <child>
           <object class="GtkLabel" id="description">
             <property name="halign">start</property>
-            <property name="wrap">True</property>
+            <property name="ellipsize">end</property>
+            <property name="max-width-chars">50</property>
             <style>
               <class name="body" />
             </style>
diff --git a/examples/launcher/style.css b/examples/launcher/style.css
index e69de29b..4bfa4acf 100644
--- a/examples/launcher/style.css
+++ b/examples/launcher/style.css
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+row:hover {
+    transition: 100ms;
+    background: #888888;
+}
+row {
+    background: #333333;
+}
+listview {
+    background: #333333;
+}
+window {
+    background: #333333;
+    border-radius: 15px;
+}
diff --git a/examples/launcher/window/mod.rs b/examples/launcher/window/mod.rs
index d2492e3c..3fc0bada 100644
--- a/examples/launcher/window/mod.rs
+++ b/examples/launcher/window/mod.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ impl Window {
         let model = gio::ListStore::new(ApplicationObject::static_type());
 
         let slice_model = gtk::SliceListModel::new(Some(&model), 0, NUM_LAUNCHER_ITEMS.into());
-        let selection_model = gtk::SingleSelection::new(Some(&slice_model));
+        let selection_model = gtk::SingleSelection::builder()
+            .model(&slice_model)
+            .autoselect(false)
+            .can_unselect(true)
+            .selected(gtk4::INVALID_LIST_POSITION)
+            .build();
 
         imp.model.set(model).expect("Could not set model");
         // Wrap model with selection and pass it to the list view
@@ -77,9 +82,16 @@ impl Window {
                 }
             }));
         }
-        list_view.connect_activate(move |list_view, i| {
+
+        let app_selection_model = list_view
+            .model()
+            .expect("List view missing selection model")
+            .downcast::<gtk::SingleSelection>()
+            .expect("could not downcast listview model to single selection model");
+
+        app_selection_model.connect_selected_notify(glib::clone!(@weak window => move |model| {
+            let i = model.selected();
             println!("acitvating... {}", i + 1);
-            let model = list_view.model().unwrap();
             let app_info = model.item(i);
             if app_info.is_none() {
                 println!("oops no app for this row...");
@@ -95,9 +107,9 @@ impl Window {
                     }
                 });
             }
-        });
+        }));
 
-        entry.connect_changed(move |search: &gtk::Entry| {
+        entry.connect_changed(glib::clone!(@weak lv => move |search: &gtk::Entry| {
             let search = search.text().to_string();
 
             glib::MainContext::default().spawn_local(async move {
@@ -106,9 +118,9 @@ impl Window {
                     let _ = tx.send(crate::Event::Search(search)).await;
                 }
             });
-        });
+        }));
 
-        entry.connect_realize(move |search: &gtk::Entry| {
+        entry.connect_realize(glib::clone!(@weak lv => move |search: &gtk::Entry| {
             let search = search.text().to_string();
 
             glib::MainContext::default().spawn_local(async move {
@@ -117,7 +129,7 @@ impl Window {
                     let _ = tx.send(crate::Event::Search(search)).await;
                 }
             });
-        });
+        }));
 
         window.connect_realize(move |window| {
             if let Some((display, surface)) = x::get_window_x11(window) {
diff --git a/examples/launcher/window/window.ui b/examples/launcher/window/window.ui
index 9b8e96b8..e8e1be1e 100644
--- a/examples/launcher/window/window.ui
+++ b/examples/launcher/window/window.ui
@@ -18,16 +18,7 @@
           </object>
         </child>
         <child>
-          <object class="GtkScrolledWindow">
-            <property name="hscrollbar-policy">never</property>
-            <property name="min-content-height">500</property>
-            <property name="vexpand">true</property>
-            <child>
-              <object class="GtkListView" id="list_view">
-                <property name="single-click-activate">true</property>
-              </object>
-            </child>
-          </object>
+          <object class="GtkListView" id="list_view"/>
         </child>
       </object>
     </child>