diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/controls-uit/ComboBox.qml b/interface/resources/qml/controls-uit/ComboBox.qml
index 2dea535c06..be6a439e57 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/controls-uit/ComboBox.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/controls-uit/ComboBox.qml
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ FocusScope {
                         anchors.leftMargin: hifi.dimensions.textPadding
                         anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                         id: popupText
-                        text: listView.model[index] ? listView.model[index] : ""
+                        text: listView.model[index] ? listView.model[index] : (listView.model.get(index).text ? listView.model.get(index).text : "")
                         size: hifi.fontSizes.textFieldInput
                         color: hifi.colors.baseGray
                     }
diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/controls-uit/TabletComboBox.qml b/interface/resources/qml/controls-uit/TabletComboBox.qml
deleted file mode 100644
index e58a465298..0000000000
--- a/interface/resources/qml/controls-uit/TabletComboBox.qml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,211 +0,0 @@
-//
-//  ComboBox.qml
-//
-//  Created by Dante Ruiz on 13 Feb 2017
-//  Copyright 2016 High Fidelity, Inc.
-//
-//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
-//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
-//
-
-import QtQuick 2.5
-import QtQuick.Controls 1.4
-import QtQuick.Controls.Styles 1.4
-
-import "../styles-uit"
-import "../controls-uit" as HifiControls
-import "." as VrControls
-
-FocusScope {
-    id: root
-    HifiConstants { id: hifi }
-
-    property alias model: comboBox.model;
-    property alias comboBox: comboBox
-    readonly property alias currentText: comboBox.currentText;
-    property alias currentIndex: comboBox.currentIndex;
-
-    property int colorScheme: hifi.colorSchemes.light
-    readonly property bool isLightColorScheme: colorScheme == hifi.colorSchemes.light
-    property string label: ""
-    property real controlHeight: height + (comboBoxLabel.visible ? comboBoxLabel.height + comboBoxLabel.anchors.bottomMargin : 0)
-
-    readonly property ComboBox control: comboBox
-
-    signal accepted();
-
-    implicitHeight: comboBox.height;
-    focus: true
-
-    Rectangle {
-        id: background
-        gradient: Gradient {
-            GradientStop {
-                position: 0.2
-                color: popup.visible
-                       ? (isLightColorScheme ? hifi.colors.dropDownPressedLight : hifi.colors.dropDownPressedDark)
-                       : (isLightColorScheme ? hifi.colors.dropDownLightStart : hifi.colors.dropDownDarkStart)
-            }
-            GradientStop {
-                position: 1.0
-                color: popup.visible
-                       ? (isLightColorScheme ? hifi.colors.dropDownPressedLight : hifi.colors.dropDownPressedDark)
-                       : (isLightColorScheme ? hifi.colors.dropDownLightFinish : hifi.colors.dropDownDarkFinish)
-            }
-        }
-        anchors.fill: parent
-    }
-
-    SystemPalette { id: palette }
-
-    ComboBox {
-        id: comboBox
-        anchors.fill: parent
-        visible: false
-        height: hifi.fontSizes.textFieldInput + 13  // Match height of TextField control.
-    }
-
-    FiraSansSemiBold {
-        id: textField
-        anchors {
-            left: parent.left
-            leftMargin: hifi.dimensions.textPadding
-            right: dropIcon.left
-            verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-        }
-        size: hifi.fontSizes.textFieldInput
-        text: comboBox.currentText
-        elide: Text.ElideRight
-        color: controlHover.containsMouse || popup.visible ? hifi.colors.baseGray : (isLightColorScheme ? hifi.colors.lightGray : hifi.colors.lightGrayText )
-    }
-
-    Item {
-        id: dropIcon
-        anchors { right: parent.right; verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter }
-        height: background.height
-        width: height
-        Rectangle {
-            width: 1
-            height: parent.height
-            anchors.top: parent.top
-            anchors.left: parent.left
-            color: isLightColorScheme ? hifi.colors.faintGray : hifi.colors.baseGray
-        }
-        HiFiGlyphs {
-            anchors {
-                top: parent.top
-                topMargin: -11
-                horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
-            }
-            size: hifi.dimensions.spinnerSize
-            text: hifi.glyphs.caratDn
-            color: controlHover.containsMouse || popup.visible ? hifi.colors.baseGray : (isLightColorScheme ? hifi.colors.lightGray : hifi.colors.lightGrayText)
-        }
-    }
-
-    MouseArea {
-        id: controlHover
-        hoverEnabled: true
-        anchors.fill: parent
-        onClicked: toggleList();
-    }
-
-    function toggleList() {
-        if (popup.visible) {
-            hideList();
-        } else {
-            showList();
-        }
-    }
-
-    function showList() {
-        var r = 20//desktop.mapFromItem(root, 0, 0, root.width, root.height);
-        var y = 200;
-        var bottom = 0 + scrollView.height;
-        if (bottom > 720) {
-           y -= bottom - 720 + 8;
-        }
-        scrollView.x = 0;
-        scrollView.y = 0;
-        popup.visible = true;
-        popup.forceActiveFocus();
-        listView.currentIndex = root.currentIndex;
-        scrollView.hoverEnabled = true;
-    }
-
-    function hideList() {
-        popup.visible = false;
-        scrollView.hoverEnabled = false;
-        root.accepted();
-    }
-
-    FocusScope {
-        id: popup
-        parent: parent
-        anchors.fill: parent
-        visible: false
-        focus: true
-
-        MouseArea {
-            anchors.fill: parent
-            onClicked: hideList();
-        }
-
-        function previousItem() { listView.currentIndex = (listView.currentIndex + listView.count - 1) % listView.count; }
-        function nextItem() { listView.currentIndex = (listView.currentIndex + listView.count + 1) % listView.count; }
-        function selectCurrentItem() { root.currentIndex = listView.currentIndex; hideList(); }
-        function selectSpecificItem(index) { root.currentIndex = index; hideList(); }
-
-        Keys.onUpPressed: previousItem();
-        Keys.onDownPressed: nextItem();
-        Keys.onSpacePressed: selectCurrentItem();
-        Keys.onRightPressed: selectCurrentItem();
-        Keys.onReturnPressed: selectCurrentItem();
-        Keys.onEscapePressed: hideList();
-
-        ScrollView {
-            id: scrollView
-            height: 480
-            width: root.width + 4
-            property bool hoverEnabled: false;
-
-            ListView {
-                id: listView
-                height: textField.height * count * 1.4
-                model: root.model
-                delegate: Rectangle {
-                    width: root.width + 4
-                    height: popupText.implicitHeight * 1.4
-                    color: (listView.currentIndex === index) ? hifi.colors.primaryHighlight :
-                           (isLightColorScheme ? hifi.colors.dropDownPressedLight : hifi.colors.dropDownPressedDark)
-                    FiraSansSemiBold {
-                        anchors.left: parent.left
-                        anchors.leftMargin: hifi.dimensions.textPadding
-                        anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-                        id: popupText
-                        text: listView.model[index] ? listView.model[index] : (listView.model.get(index).text ? listView.model.get(index).text : "")
-                        size: hifi.fontSizes.textFieldInput
-                        color: hifi.colors.baseGray
-                    }
-                    MouseArea {
-                        id: popupHover
-                        anchors.fill: parent;
-                        hoverEnabled: scrollView.hoverEnabled;
-                        onEntered: listView.currentIndex = index;
-                        onClicked: popup.selectSpecificItem(index);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    HifiControls.Label {
-        id: comboBoxLabel
-        text: root.label
-        colorScheme: root.colorScheme
-        anchors.left: parent.left
-        anchors.bottom: parent.top
-        anchors.bottomMargin: 4
-        visible: label != ""
-    }
-}
diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
index a61dcc060f..3fe4cbbb94 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ Rectangle {
     // Style
     color: "#E3E3E3";
     // Properties
-    property int myCardWidth: palContainer.width - upperRightInfoContainer.width;
-    property int myCardHeight: 82;
+    property int myCardWidth: width - upperRightInfoContainer.width;
+    property int myCardHeight: 80;
     property int rowHeight: 60;
     property int actionButtonWidth: 55;
     property int locationColumnWidth: 170;
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Rectangle {
     property bool iAmAdmin: false;
     property var activeTab: "nearbyTab";
     property bool currentlyEditingDisplayName: false
+    property bool punctuationMode: false;
 
     HifiConstants { id: hifi; }
 
@@ -99,94 +100,6 @@ Rectangle {
         pal.sendToScript({method: 'refreshNearby', params: params});
     }
 
-    // This is the container for the PAL
-    Rectangle {
-        property bool punctuationMode: false;
-        id: palContainer;
-        // Size
-        width: pal.width - 10;
-        height: pal.height - 10;
-        // Style
-        color: "white";
-        // Anchors
-        anchors.centerIn: pal;
-
-        // This contains the current user's NameCard and will contain other information in the future
-        Rectangle {
-            id: myInfo;
-            // Size
-            width: palContainer.width;
-            height: myCardHeight;
-            // Style
-            color: pal.color;
-            // Anchors
-            anchors.top: palContainer.top;
-            // This NameCard refers to the current user's NameCard (the one above the nearbyTable)
-            NameCard {
-                id: myCard;
-                // Properties
-                profileUrl: myData.profileUrl;
-                displayName: myData.displayName;
-                userName: myData.userName;
-                audioLevel: myData.audioLevel;
-                avgAudioLevel: myData.avgAudioLevel;
-                isMyCard: true;
-                isPresent: true;
-                // Size
-                width: myCardWidth;
-                height: parent.height;
-                // Anchors
-                anchors.top: parent.top
-                anchors.left: parent.left;
-            }
-            Item {
-                id: upperRightInfoContainer;
-                width: 160;
-                height: parent.height;
-                anchors.top: parent.top;
-                anchors.right: parent.right;
-                
-                RalewayRegular {
-                    id: availabilityText;
-                    text: "set availability";
-                    // Text size
-                    size: hifi.fontSizes.tabularData;
-                    // Anchors
-                    anchors.top: availabilityComboBox.bottom;
-                    anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter;
-                    // Style
-                    color: hifi.colors.baseGrayHighlight;
-                    // Alignment
-                    horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter;
-                    verticalAlignment: Text.AlignTop;
-                }
-                HifiControlsUit.TabletComboBox {
-                    function determineAvailabilityIndex() {
-                        return ['all', 'connections', 'friends', 'none'].indexOf(GlobalServices.findableBy)
-                     }
-                    id: availabilityComboBox;
-                    // Anchors
-                    anchors.top: parent.top;
-                    anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter;
-                    // Size
-                    width: parent.width;
-                    height: 40;
-                    currentIndex: determineAvailabilityIndex();
-                    model: ListModel {
-                        id: availabilityComboBoxListItems
-                        ListElement { text: "Everyone"; value: "all"; }
-                        ListElement { text: "All Connections"; value: "connections"; }
-                        ListElement { text: "Friends Only"; value: "friends"; }
-                        ListElement { text: "Appear Offline"; value: "none" }
-                    }
-                    onCurrentIndexChanged: {
-                        GlobalServices.findableBy = availabilityComboBoxListItems.get(currentIndex).value;
-                        UserActivityLogger.palAction("set_availability", availabilityComboBoxListItems.get(currentIndex).value);
-                        print('Setting availability:', JSON.stringify(GlobalServices.findableBy));
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
     Item {
         id: palTabContainer;
         // Anchors
@@ -214,7 +127,7 @@ Rectangle {
                 }
                 width: parent.width/2;
                 height: parent.height;
-                color: activeTab == "nearbyTab" ? palContainer.color : "#CCCCCC";
+                color: activeTab == "nearbyTab" ? "white" : "#CCCCCC";
                 MouseArea {
                     anchors.fill: parent;
                     onClicked: {
@@ -287,7 +200,7 @@ Rectangle {
                 }
                 width: parent.width/2;
                 height: parent.height;
-                color: activeTab == "connectionsTab" ? palContainer.color : "#CCCCCC";
+                color: activeTab == "connectionsTab" ? "white" : "#CCCCCC";
                 MouseArea {
                     anchors.fill: parent;
                     onClicked: { 
@@ -723,7 +636,7 @@ Rectangle {
     *****************************************/
     Rectangle {
         id: connectionsTab;
-        color: palContainer.color;
+        color: "white";
         // Anchors
         anchors {
             top: tabSelectorContainer.bottom;
@@ -979,6 +892,85 @@ Rectangle {
     } // "Connections" Tab
     } // palTabContainer
 
+    // This contains the current user's NameCard and will contain other information in the future
+    Rectangle {
+        id: myInfo;
+        // Size
+        width: pal.width;
+        height: myCardHeight;
+        // Style
+        color: pal.color;
+        // Anchors
+        anchors.top: pal.top;
+        anchors.topMargin: 10;
+        anchors.left: pal.left;
+        // This NameCard refers to the current user's NameCard (the one above the nearbyTable)
+        NameCard {
+            id: myCard;
+            // Properties
+            profileUrl: myData.profileUrl;
+            displayName: myData.displayName;
+            userName: myData.userName;
+            audioLevel: myData.audioLevel;
+            avgAudioLevel: myData.avgAudioLevel;
+            isMyCard: true;
+            isPresent: true;
+            // Size
+            width: myCardWidth;
+            height: parent.height;
+            // Anchors
+            anchors.top: parent.top
+            anchors.left: parent.left;
+        }
+        Item {
+            id: upperRightInfoContainer;
+            width: 160;
+            height: parent.height;
+            anchors.top: parent.top;
+            anchors.right: parent.right;
+                
+            RalewayRegular {
+                id: availabilityText;
+                text: "set availability";
+                // Text size
+                size: hifi.fontSizes.tabularData;
+                // Anchors
+                anchors.top: availabilityComboBox.bottom;
+                anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter;
+                // Style
+                color: hifi.colors.baseGrayHighlight;
+                // Alignment
+                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter;
+                verticalAlignment: Text.AlignTop;
+            }
+            HifiControlsUit.ComboBox {
+                function determineAvailabilityIndex() {
+                    return ['all', 'connections', 'friends', 'none'].indexOf(GlobalServices.findableBy)
+                    }
+                id: availabilityComboBox;
+                // Anchors
+                anchors.top: parent.top;
+                anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter;
+                // Size
+                width: parent.width;
+                height: 40;
+                currentIndex: determineAvailabilityIndex();
+                model: ListModel {
+                    id: availabilityComboBoxListItems
+                    ListElement { text: "Everyone"; value: "all"; }
+                    ListElement { text: "All Connections"; value: "connections"; }
+                    ListElement { text: "Friends Only"; value: "friends"; }
+                    ListElement { text: "Appear Offline"; value: "none" }
+                }
+                onCurrentIndexChanged: {
+                    GlobalServices.findableBy = availabilityComboBoxListItems.get(currentIndex).value;
+                    UserActivityLogger.palAction("set_availability", availabilityComboBoxListItems.get(currentIndex).value);
+                    print('Setting availability:', JSON.stringify(GlobalServices.findableBy));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
         HifiControlsUit.Keyboard {
             id: keyboard;
             raised: currentlyEditingDisplayName && HMD.mounted;
@@ -1125,9 +1117,6 @@ Rectangle {
             }
         }
 
-
-    } // PAL container
-
     // Timer used when selecting nearbyTable rows that aren't yet present in the model
     // (i.e. when selecting avatars using edit.js or sphere overlays)
     Timer {