diff --git a/src/g-component.html b/src/g-component.html
index 169b103097..191c255b2b 100644
--- a/src/g-component.html
+++ b/src/g-component.html
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
         // is in inNodes, if any
         var n = inTarget;
         while (n && n != this) {
-          var i = inNodes.indexOf(n);
+          var i = Array.prototype.indexOf.call(inNodes, n);
           if (i >= 0) {
             return i;
           }
diff --git a/src/g-menuitem.html b/src/g-menuitem.html
index 770d3ec003..5a06b40b91 100644
--- a/src/g-menuitem.html
+++ b/src/g-menuitem.html
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
  * license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
  */
 -->
-<element name="g-menuitem" attributes="src">
+<element name="g-menuitem" attributes="src, label">
   <link rel="components" href="g-component.html">
   <link rel="components" href="g-icon.html">
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/g-menuitem.css" />
   <template>
     <g-icon id="icon"></g-icon>
     <div class="label">
+      <span id="label"></span>
       <content></content>
     </div>
   </template>
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@
       prototype: {
         srcChanged: function() {
           this.$.icon.src = this.src;
+        },
+        labelChanged: function() {
+          this.$.label.textContent = this.label;
         }
       }
     });
diff --git a/src/g-selector.html b/src/g-selector.html
index 8d411aeb7c..d4ae9e7612 100644
--- a/src/g-selector.html
+++ b/src/g-selector.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <link rel="components" href="g-selection.html">
   <template>
     <g-selection id="selection" on-select="selectionSelect" on-deselect="selectionDeselect"></g-selection>
-    <content id="items"></content>
+    <content id="items" select="*"></content>
   </template>
   <script>
     this.component({
@@ -19,12 +19,10 @@
           this.$.selection.multi = this.multi;
         },
         getItems: function() {
-          // TODO(sjmiles): distributedNodes not implemented natively yet
-          // this.childNodes is LightDOM fallback which works unless we
-          // are composited (in that case childNodes = <content>, and 
-          // distributeNodes is necessary to find the actual distributions)
-          return this.$.items.getDistributedNodes() || 
-            Array.prototype.slice.call(this.childNodes, 0);
+          return this.$.items.getDistributedNodes();
+        },
+        getSelectedItem: function() {
+          return this.$.selection.getSelection();
         },
         _valueToIndex: function(inValue) {
           // find an item with value == inValue and return it's index
diff --git a/workbench/menu.html b/workbench/menu.html
index 972c2500c3..df8a08667b 100644
--- a/workbench/menu.html
+++ b/workbench/menu.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   </style>
 </head>
 <body>
-  <g-menu>
+  <g-menu selected="0">
     <g-menuitem src="images/edit_page.svg">Post a Comment</g-menuitem>
     <g-menuitem src="images/chat.svg">Share Link</g-menuitem>
     <g-menuitem src="images/email.svg">Email Link</g-menuitem>
diff --git a/workbench/tabs.html b/workbench/tabs.html
index c82cab2170..c7f42ee263 100644
--- a/workbench/tabs.html
+++ b/workbench/tabs.html
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
   <link rel="components" href="../../toolkit/src/g-tabs.html">
 </head>
 <body>
-  <g-tabs>
+  <g-tabs selected="0">
     <span>One</span>
     <span>Two</span>
     <span>Three</span>
     <span>Four</span>
   </g-tabs>
   <br><br>
-  <g-tabs vertical="true">
+  <g-tabs vertical="true" selected="0">
     <span>One</span>
     <span>Two</span>
     <span>Three</span>
