diff --git a/native/Avalonia.Native/inc/avalonia-native.h b/native/Avalonia.Native/inc/avalonia-native.h
index 4b814a9cfb..a35f4f3eeb 100644
--- a/native/Avalonia.Native/inc/avalonia-native.h
+++ b/native/Avalonia.Native/inc/avalonia-native.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ enum AvnStandardCursorType
     CursorDragMove,
     CursorDragCopy,
     CursorDragLink,
+    CursorNone
 };
 
 enum AvnWindowEdge
diff --git a/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/cursor.h b/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/cursor.h
index a8eb49c0b9..cfe91955d8 100644
--- a/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/cursor.h
+++ b/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/cursor.h
@@ -11,18 +11,24 @@ class Cursor : public ComSingleObject<IAvnCursor, &IID_IAvnCursor>
 {
 private:
     NSCursor * _native;
-
+    bool _isHidden;
 public:
     FORWARD_IUNKNOWN()
-    Cursor(NSCursor * cursor)
+    Cursor(NSCursor * cursor, bool isHidden = false)
     {
         _native = cursor;
+        _isHidden = isHidden;
     }
 
     NSCursor* GetNative()
     {
         return _native;
     }
+    
+    bool IsHidden ()
+    {
+        return _isHidden;
+    }
 };
 
 extern std::map<AvnStandardCursorType, Cursor*> s_cursorMap;
diff --git a/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/cursor.mm b/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/cursor.mm
index bd2c94a4d8..799fa9e8e6 100644
--- a/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/cursor.mm
+++ b/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/cursor.mm
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class CursorFactory : public ComSingleObject<IAvnCursorFactory, &IID_IAvnCursorF
     Cursor* resizeRightCursor = new Cursor([NSCursor resizeRightCursor]);
     Cursor* resizeWestEastCursor = new Cursor([NSCursor resizeLeftRightCursor]);
     Cursor* operationNotAllowedCursor = new Cursor([NSCursor operationNotAllowedCursor]);
+    Cursor* noCursor = new Cursor([NSCursor arrowCursor], true);
 
     std::map<AvnStandardCursorType, Cursor*> s_cursorMap =
     {
@@ -46,11 +47,13 @@ class CursorFactory : public ComSingleObject<IAvnCursorFactory, &IID_IAvnCursorF
         { CursorIbeam, IBeamCursor },
         { CursorLeftSide, resizeLeftCursor },
         { CursorRightSide, resizeRightCursor },
-        { CursorNo, operationNotAllowedCursor }
+        { CursorNo, operationNotAllowedCursor },
+        { CursorNone, noCursor }
     };
 
 public:
     FORWARD_IUNKNOWN()
+    
     virtual HRESULT GetCursor (AvnStandardCursorType cursorType, IAvnCursor** retOut) override
     {
         *retOut = s_cursorMap[cursorType];
diff --git a/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/window.mm b/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/window.mm
index ef5dcb5b2e..bfa33eb259 100644
--- a/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/window.mm
+++ b/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/window.mm
@@ -353,6 +353,16 @@ public:
             Cursor* avnCursor = dynamic_cast<Cursor*>(cursor);
             this->cursor = avnCursor->GetNative();
             UpdateCursor();
+            
+            if(avnCursor->IsHidden())
+            {
+                [NSCursor hide];
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                [NSCursor unhide];
+            }
+            
             return S_OK;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs
index 152b551f9a..7b91d6235d 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
                 nameof(SelectedIndex),
                 o => o.SelectedIndex,
                 (o, v) => o.SelectedIndex = v,
-                unsetValue: -1);
+                unsetValue: -1,
+                defaultBindingMode: BindingMode.TwoWay);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Defines the <see cref="SelectedItem"/> property.
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Input/Cursors.cs b/src/Avalonia.Input/Cursors.cs
index d3618f30f3..8139af1659 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Input/Cursors.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Input/Cursors.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Input
         DragMove,
         DragCopy,
         DragLink,
+        None,
 
         // Not available in GTK directly, see http://www.pixelbeat.org/programming/x_cursors/ 
         // We might enable them later, preferably, by loading pixmax direclty from theme with fallback image
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Input/TouchDevice.cs b/src/Avalonia.Input/TouchDevice.cs
index 80d8a5e780..e9715bd87c 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Input/TouchDevice.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Input/TouchDevice.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Input
             var target = pointer.GetEffectiveCapture() ?? args.Root;
             if (args.Type == RawPointerEventType.TouchBegin)
             {
-                var modifiers = GetModifiers(args.InputModifiers, pointer.IsPrimary);
+                var modifiers = GetModifiers(args.InputModifiers, false);
                 target.RaiseEvent(new PointerPressedEventArgs(target, pointer,
                     args.Root, args.Position, new PointerPointProperties(modifiers),
                     modifiers));
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Input
             if (args.Type == RawPointerEventType.TouchEnd)
             {
                 _pointers.Remove(args.TouchPointId);
-                var modifiers = GetModifiers(args.InputModifiers, false);
+                var modifiers = GetModifiers(args.InputModifiers, pointer.IsPrimary);
                 using (pointer)
                 {
                     target.RaiseEvent(new PointerReleasedEventArgs(target, pointer,
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/Accents/BaseDark.xaml b/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/Accents/BaseDark.xaml
index f84e09510b..8f7d56dbc6 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/Accents/BaseDark.xaml
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/Accents/BaseDark.xaml
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
         <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ErrorBrush" Color="{DynamicResource ErrorColor}"></SolidColorBrush>
         <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ErrorLowBrush" Color="{DynamicResource ErrorLowColor}"></SolidColorBrush>
 
-        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardBackgroundBrush" Color="#444444"/>
-        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardInformationBackgroundBrush" Color="Teal"/>
-        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardSuccessBackgroundBrush" Color="LimeGreen"/>
-        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardWarningBackgroundBrush" Color="Orange"/>
-        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardErrorBackgroundBrush" Color="OrangeRed"/>
+        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardBackgroundBrush" Color="#444444" Opacity="0.75"/>
+        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardInformationBackgroundBrush" Color="#007ACC" Opacity="0.75"/>
+        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardSuccessBackgroundBrush" Color="#1F9E45" Opacity="0.75"/>
+        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardWarningBackgroundBrush" Color="#FDB328" Opacity="0.75"/>
+        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardErrorBackgroundBrush" Color="#BD202C" Opacity="0.75"/>
 
         <Thickness x:Key="ThemeBorderThickness">1,1,1,1</Thickness>
         <sys:Double x:Key="ThemeDisabledOpacity">0.5</sys:Double>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/Accents/BaseLight.xaml b/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/Accents/BaseLight.xaml
index 18c32b02bc..666596d710 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/Accents/BaseLight.xaml
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/Accents/BaseLight.xaml
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
         <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ErrorBrush" Color="{DynamicResource ErrorColor}"></SolidColorBrush>
         <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ErrorLowBrush" Color="{DynamicResource ErrorLowColor}"></SolidColorBrush>
 
-        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardBackgroundBrush" Color="#444444"/>
-        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardInformationBackgroundBrush" Color="Teal"/>
-        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardSuccessBackgroundBrush" Color="LimeGreen"/>
-        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardWarningBackgroundBrush" Color="Orange"/>
-        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardErrorBackgroundBrush" Color="OrangeRed"/>
+        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardBackgroundBrush" Color="#444444" Opacity="0.75"/>
+        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardInformationBackgroundBrush" Color="#007ACC" Opacity="0.75"/>
+        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardSuccessBackgroundBrush" Color="#1F9E45" Opacity="0.75"/>
+        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardWarningBackgroundBrush" Color="#FDB328" Opacity="0.75"/>
+        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="NotificationCardErrorBackgroundBrush" Color="#BD202C" Opacity="0.75"/>
 
         <Thickness x:Key="ThemeBorderThickness">1</Thickness>
         <sys:Double x:Key="ThemeDisabledOpacity">0.5</sys:Double>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/NotificationCard.xaml b/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/NotificationCard.xaml
index e94cb33d1e..47d5988e8c 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/NotificationCard.xaml
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/NotificationCard.xaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                             BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" 
                             BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
                             Margin="8,8,0,0">
-                        <ContentControl MinHeight="150" Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" />
+                        <ContentControl Name="PART_Content" Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" />
                     </Border>
                 </LayoutTransformControl>
             </ControlTemplate>
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
         </Style.Animations>
     </Style>
 
+    <Style Selector="NotificationCard/template/ ContentControl#PART_Content">
+        <Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="150" />
+    </Style>
+
     <Style Selector="NotificationCard[IsClosing=true] /template/ LayoutTransformControl#PART_LayoutTransformControl">
         <Setter Property="RenderTransformOrigin" Value="50%,0%"/>
         <Style.Animations>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.X11/X11CursorFactory.cs b/src/Avalonia.X11/X11CursorFactory.cs
index 40b01117e3..0a8b1ee9c4 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.X11/X11CursorFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.X11/X11CursorFactory.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ namespace Avalonia.X11
 {
     class X11CursorFactory : IStandardCursorFactory
     {
+        private static IntPtr _nullCursor;
+
         private readonly IntPtr _display;
         private Dictionary<CursorFontShape, IntPtr> _cursors;
 
@@ -42,16 +44,34 @@ namespace Avalonia.X11
         public X11CursorFactory(IntPtr display)
         {
             _display = display;
+            _nullCursor = GetNullCursor(display);
             _cursors = Enum.GetValues(typeof(CursorFontShape)).Cast<CursorFontShape>()
                 .ToDictionary(id => id, id => XLib.XCreateFontCursor(_display, id));
         }
-        
+
         public IPlatformHandle GetCursor(StandardCursorType cursorType)
         {
-            var handle = s_mapping.TryGetValue(cursorType, out var shape)
+            IntPtr handle;
+            if (cursorType == StandardCursorType.None)
+            {
+                handle = _nullCursor;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                handle = s_mapping.TryGetValue(cursorType, out var shape)
                 ? _cursors[shape]
                 : _cursors[CursorFontShape.XC_top_left_arrow];
+            }
             return new PlatformHandle(handle, "XCURSOR");
         }
+
+        private static IntPtr GetNullCursor(IntPtr display)
+        {
+            XColor color = new XColor();
+            byte[] data = new byte[] { 0 };
+            IntPtr window = XLib.XRootWindow(display, 0);
+            IntPtr pixmap = XLib.XCreateBitmapFromData(display, window, data, 1, 1);
+            return XLib.XCreatePixmapCursor(display, pixmap, pixmap, ref color, ref color, 0, 0);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.X11/XLib.cs b/src/Avalonia.X11/XLib.cs
index 8a146f922d..3c41f7bdde 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.X11/XLib.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.X11/XLib.cs
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ namespace Avalonia.X11
         public static extern IntPtr XCreatePixmapCursor(IntPtr display, IntPtr source, IntPtr mask,
             ref XColor foreground_color, ref XColor background_color, int x_hot, int y_hot);
 
+        [DllImport(libX11)]
+        public static extern IntPtr XCreateBitmapFromData(IntPtr display, IntPtr drawable, byte[] data, int width, int height);
+
         [DllImport(libX11)]
         public static extern IntPtr XCreatePixmapFromBitmapData(IntPtr display, IntPtr drawable, byte[] data, int width,
             int height, IntPtr fg, IntPtr bg, int depth);
diff --git a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/CursorFactory.cs b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/CursorFactory.cs
index a28b1cbb1a..95fa3ba9e3 100644
--- a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/CursorFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/CursorFactory.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Gtk3
         private static readonly Dictionary<StandardCursorType, object> CursorTypeMapping = new Dictionary
     <StandardCursorType, object>
         {
+            {StandardCursorType.None, CursorType.Blank},
             {StandardCursorType.AppStarting, CursorType.Watch},
             {StandardCursorType.Arrow, CursorType.LeftPtr},
             {StandardCursorType.Cross, CursorType.Cross},
@@ -80,4 +81,4 @@ namespace Avalonia.Gtk3
             return rv;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/GdkCursor.cs b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/GdkCursor.cs
index 4fad8208b3..aa0f8cde0d 100644
--- a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/GdkCursor.cs
+++ b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/GdkCursor.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 {
     enum GdkCursorType
     {
+        Blank = -2,
         CursorIsPixmap = -1,
         XCursor = 0,
         Arrow = 2,
diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/XamlIl/xamlil.github b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/XamlIl/xamlil.github
index 1e3ffc3154..a73c523483 160000
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/XamlIl/xamlil.github
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/XamlIl/xamlil.github
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1e3ffc315401f0b2eb96a0e79b25c2fc19a80d78
+Subproject commit a73c5234831267b23160e01a9fbc83be633f69fc
diff --git a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/CursorFactory.cs b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/CursorFactory.cs
index e582b5fb82..f1fd74f931 100644
--- a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/CursorFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/CursorFactory.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Win32
         private static readonly Dictionary<StandardCursorType, int> CursorTypeMapping = new Dictionary
             <StandardCursorType, int>
         {
+            {StandardCursorType.None, 0},
             {StandardCursorType.AppStarting, 32650},
             {StandardCursorType.Arrow, 32512},
             {StandardCursorType.Cross, 32515},
diff --git a/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Primitives/SelectingItemsControlTests.cs b/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Primitives/SelectingItemsControlTests.cs
index 3b5aa53d56..8e421bf0a2 100644
--- a/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Primitives/SelectingItemsControlTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Primitives/SelectingItemsControlTests.cs
@@ -749,6 +749,40 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests.Primitives
             Assert.Equal("b", target.SelectedItem);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Mode_For_SelectedIndex_Is_TwoWay_By_Default()
+        {
+            var items = new[]
+            {
+                new Item(),
+                new Item(),
+                new Item(),
+            };
+
+            var vm = new MasterViewModel
+            {
+                Child = new ChildViewModel
+                {
+                    Items = items,
+                    SelectedIndex = 1,
+                }
+            };
+
+            var target = new SelectingItemsControl { DataContext = vm };
+            var itemsBinding = new Binding("Child.Items");
+            var selectedIndBinding = new Binding("Child.SelectedIndex");
+
+            target.Bind(SelectingItemsControl.ItemsProperty, itemsBinding);
+            target.Bind(SelectingItemsControl.SelectedIndexProperty, selectedIndBinding);
+
+            Assert.Equal(1, target.SelectedIndex);
+
+            target.SelectedIndex = 2;
+
+            Assert.Equal(2, target.SelectedIndex);
+            Assert.Equal(2, vm.Child.SelectedIndex);
+        }
+
         private FuncControlTemplate Template()
         {
             return new FuncControlTemplate<SelectingItemsControl>(control =>
@@ -785,6 +819,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests.Primitives
         {
             public IList<Item> Items { get; set; }
             public Item SelectedItem { get; set; }
+            public int SelectedIndex { get; set; }
         }
 
         private class RootWithItems : TestRoot