Preferences imagemap selection/testing preference variables

[computistxyz]

So I've got a preferences imagemap menu something along the lines of:

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ground "graphics/gui/system/Pref_ground.png"
hover "graphics/gui/system/Pref_hover.png"
selected_idle "graphics/gui/system/Pref_sel_idle.png"
      
hotspot (1330, 479, 68, 43) action Preference("display", "fullscreen")
hotspot (1528, 479, 68, 43) action Preference("display", "window")

...wherein those two hotspots are 'Fullscreen' and 'Windowed' buttons respectively. When in fullscreen mode, the selected graphic displays correctly for the former button, but when the other is clicked to change to windowed mode (which works fine) it doesn't seem to detect that the variable is changed is such a way that the latter button should display the 'selected' graphic. This seems odd considering the former button works fine, in addition to the custom SetVariable preferences used with other buttons.

Is this some known weird graphical behaviour due to the display mode change? Or, is there a way to access the preferences as actual variables and perform Boolean tests to force the correct selected button graphic?

[GreyWolfXx]

I'm not sure if this completely answers your question, but I've noticed that when I program menus the "windowed" button is only checked off/ marked when I press fullscreen and then go back to windowed mode. I've noticed this in professional games as well -- games that I'm fairly sure are not in Ren'Py. If that's what you meant then this is a fairly common thing.

[computistxyz]

I'm still not sure why it happens, but I've fixed the issue by manually defining the selected condition quite simply:

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hotspot (1528, 479, 68, 43) action [Preference("display", "window"), SelectedIf(_preferences.fullscreen==False)]

Might be useful for other people experiencing a similar issue.