Property inspector shows incorrect default settings for some controls

For some properties of some controls, the property inspector initially shows states that don't correspond to the default displayed state. For example, when an icon is added the P.I. has "show border" checked, but the displayed state is no border. Also, the default button color is shown as black in the P.I., but the displayed state is white. I have seen some other examples of this, but can't recall where.