diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index 7921fdc..52da085 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -1438,6 +1438,33 @@ Element.prototype.__proto__ = Node.prototype;
 
 Element.prototype.type = 'element';
 
+Element.prototype.sattr = function(obj, fg, bg) {
+  var bold = obj.bold
+    , underline = obj.underline
+    , blink = obj.blink
+    , inverse = obj.inverse
+    , invisible = obj.invisible;
+
+  // This used to be a loop, but I decided
+  // to unroll it for performance's sake.
+  if (typeof bold === 'function') bold = bold(this);
+  if (typeof underline === 'function') underline = underline(this);
+  if (typeof blink === 'function') blink = blink(this);
+  if (typeof inverse === 'function') inverse = inverse(this);
+  if (typeof invisible === 'function') invisible = invisible(this);
+
+  if (typeof fg === 'function') fg = fg(this);
+  if (typeof bg === 'function') bg = bg(this);
+
+  return ((((invisible ? 16 : 0) << 18)
+    | ((inverse ? 8 : 0) << 18)
+    | ((blink ? 4 : 0) << 18)
+    | ((underline ? 2 : 0) << 18))
+    | ((bold ? 1 : 0) << 18)
+    | (colors.convert(fg) << 9))
+    | colors.convert(bg);
+};
+
 Element.prototype.onScreenEvent = function(type, listener) {
   var self = this;
   if (this.parent) {
@@ -1988,10 +2015,10 @@ Box.prototype.render = function(stop) {
   if (stop) return ret;
 
   battr = this.border
-    ? sattr(this.border, this.border.fg, this.border.bg)
+    ? this.sattr(this.border, this.border.fg, this.border.bg)
     : 0;
 
-  dattr = sattr(this, this.fg, this.bg);
+  dattr = this.sattr(this, this.fg, this.bg);
   attr = dattr;
 
   // Check previous line for escape codes.
@@ -2084,7 +2111,7 @@ outer:
     cell = lines[yi] && lines[yi][xi];
     if (cell) {
       ch = this.scrollbar.ch || ' ';
-      attr = sattr(this,
+      attr = this.sattr(this,
         this.scrollbar.fg || this.fg,
         this.scrollbar.bg || this.bg);
       if (attr !== cell[0] || ch !== cell[1]) {
@@ -2461,6 +2488,38 @@ function List(options) {
   this.selectedInverse = options.selectedInverse;
   this.selectedInvisible = options.selectedInvisible;
 
+  this.itemBg = cens(options.itemBg);
+  this.itemFg = cens(options.itemFg);
+  this.itemBold = options.itemBold;
+  this.itemUnderline = options.itemUnderline;
+  this.itemBlink = options.itemBlink;
+  this.itemInverse = options.itemInverse;
+  this.itemInvisible = options.itemInvisible;
+
+/*
+  if (!this.style.selected) {
+    this.style.selected = {};
+    this.style.selected.bg = cens(options.selectedBg);
+    this.style.selected.fg = cens(options.selectedFg);
+    this.style.selected.bold = options.selectedBold;
+    this.style.selected.underline = options.selectedUnderline;
+    this.style.selected.blink = options.selectedBlink;
+    this.style.selected.inverse = options.selectedInverse;
+    this.style.selected.invisible = options.selectedInvisible;
+  }
+
+  if (!this.style.item) {
+    this.style.item = {};
+    this.style.item.bg = cens(options.itemBg);
+    this.style.item.fg = cens(options.itemFg);
+    this.style.item.bold = options.itemBold;
+    this.style.item.underline = options.itemUnderline;
+    this.style.item.blink = options.itemBlink;
+    this.style.item.inverse = options.itemInverse;
+    this.style.item.invisible = options.itemInvisible;
+  }
+*/
+
   this.mouse = options.mouse || false;
 
   if (options.items) {
@@ -2609,6 +2668,22 @@ List.prototype.add = function(item) {
     };
   });
 
+/*
+  ['bg', 'fg', 'bold', 'underline',
+   'blink', 'inverse', 'invisible'].forEach(function(name) {
+    // TODO: Move all specific options to their own object namespaces.
+    var iname = 'item' + name[0].toUpperCase() + name.substring(1)
+      , sname = 'selected' + name[0].toUpperCase() + name.substring(1);
+    options[name] = function() {
+      var attr = self.items[self.selected] === item
+        ? self[sname]
+        : self[iname];
+      if (typeof attr === 'function') attr = attr(item);
+      return attr;
+    };
+  });
+*/
+
   var item = new Box(options);
 
   this.append(item);
@@ -3282,7 +3357,7 @@ ProgressBar.prototype.render = function(stop) {
     yi = yi + ((yl - yi) - (((yl - yi) * (this.filled / 100)) | 0));
   }
 
-  dattr = sattr(this, this.barFg, this.barBg);
+  dattr = this.sattr(this, this.barFg, this.barBg);
 
   this.screen.fillRegion(dattr, this.ch, xi, xl, yi, yl);
 
@@ -4226,33 +4301,6 @@ function hsort(obj) {
   });
 }
 
-function sattr(obj, fg, bg) {
-  var bold = obj.bold
-    , underline = obj.underline
-    , blink = obj.blink
-    , inverse = obj.inverse
-    , invisible = obj.invisible;
-
-  // This used to be a loop, but I decided
-  // to unroll it for performance's sake.
-  if (typeof bold === 'function') bold = bold(obj);
-  if (typeof underline === 'function') underline = underline(obj);
-  if (typeof blink === 'function') blink = blink(obj);
-  if (typeof inverse === 'function') inverse = inverse(obj);
-  if (typeof invisible === 'function') invisible = invisible(obj);
-
-  if (typeof fg === 'function') fg = fg(obj);
-  if (typeof bg === 'function') bg = bg(obj);
-
-  return ((((invisible ? 16 : 0) << 18)
-    | ((inverse ? 8 : 0) << 18)
-    | ((blink ? 4 : 0) << 18)
-    | ((underline ? 2 : 0) << 18))
-    | ((bold ? 1 : 0) << 18)
-    | (colors.convert(fg) << 9))
-    | colors.convert(bg);
-}
-
 function cens(color) {
   return color != null
     ? color