diff --git a/res/drawable-hdpi/default_widget_preview.9.png b/res/drawable-hdpi/default_widget_preview.9.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 833daff110..0000000000
Binary files a/res/drawable-hdpi/default_widget_preview.9.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
index f5874bfaf9..12fe9714cc 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
@@ -833,19 +833,25 @@ public class AppsCustomizePagedView extends PagedViewWithDraggableItems implemen
         // Generate a preview image if we couldn't load one
         if (drawable == null) {
             Resources resources = mLauncher.getResources();
+            int bitmapWidth;
+            int bitmapHeight;
 
-            // Specify the dimensions of the bitmap
-            if (info.minWidth >= info.minHeight) {
-                expectedWidth = cellWidth;
-                expectedHeight = mWidgetPreviewIconPaddedDimension;
+            // Specify the dimensions of the bitmap (since we are using a default preview bg with 
+            // the full icon, we only imply the aspect ratio of the widget)
+            if (cellHSpan == cellVSpan) {
+                bitmapWidth = bitmapHeight = cellWidth;
+                expectedWidth = expectedHeight = mWidgetPreviewIconPaddedDimension;
+            } else if (cellHSpan >= cellVSpan) {
+                bitmapWidth = expectedWidth = cellWidth;
+                bitmapHeight = expectedHeight = mWidgetPreviewIconPaddedDimension;
             } else {
                 // Note that in vertical widgets, we might not have enough space due to the text
                 // label, so be conservative and use the width as a height bound
-                expectedWidth = mWidgetPreviewIconPaddedDimension;
-                expectedHeight = cellWidth;
+                bitmapWidth = expectedWidth = mWidgetPreviewIconPaddedDimension;
+                bitmapHeight = expectedHeight = cellWidth;
             }
 
-            preview = Bitmap.createBitmap(expectedWidth, expectedHeight, Config.ARGB_8888);
+            preview = Bitmap.createBitmap(bitmapWidth, bitmapHeight, Config.ARGB_8888);
             renderDrawableToBitmap(mDefaultWidgetBackground, preview, 0, 0, expectedWidth,
                     expectedHeight, 1f,1f);
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/DragController.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/DragController.java
index f6058a0a29..5aecede0ec 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/DragController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/DragController.java
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ public class DragController {
     private int mLastTouch[] = new int[2];
     private int mDistanceSinceScroll = 0;
 
+    private int mTmpPoint[] = new int[2];
+    private Rect mDragLayerRect = new Rect();
+
     /**
      * Interface to receive notifications when a drag starts or stops
      */
@@ -384,6 +387,16 @@ public class DragController {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Clamps the position to the drag layer bounds.
+     */
+    private int[] getClampedDragLayerPos(float x, float y) {
+        mLauncher.getDragLayer().getLocalVisibleRect(mDragLayerRect);
+        mTmpPoint[0] = (int) Math.max(mDragLayerRect.left, Math.min(x, mDragLayerRect.right - 1));
+        mTmpPoint[1] = (int) Math.max(mDragLayerRect.top, Math.min(y, mDragLayerRect.bottom - 1));
+        return mTmpPoint;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Call this from a drag source view.
      */
@@ -394,8 +407,9 @@ public class DragController {
         }
         final int action = ev.getAction();
 
-        final int dragLayerX = (int) ev.getX();
-        final int dragLayerY = (int) ev.getY();
+        final int[] dragLayerPos = getClampedDragLayerPos(ev.getX(), ev.getY());
+        final int dragLayerX = dragLayerPos[0];
+        final int dragLayerY = dragLayerPos[1];
 
         switch (action) {
             case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
@@ -506,8 +520,9 @@ public class DragController {
         }
 
         final int action = ev.getAction();
-        final int dragLayerX = (int) ev.getX();
-        final int dragLayerY = (int) ev.getY();
+        final int[] dragLayerPos = getClampedDragLayerPos(ev.getX(), ev.getY());
+        final int dragLayerX = dragLayerPos[0];
+        final int dragLayerY = dragLayerPos[1];
 
         switch (action) {
         case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN: