To me, the paradigm only works if both sides are labeled in both states.

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This is essentially how a physical switch would be labeled, and is the best way to prevent ambiguity - the current state is the label that the switch is closest to.

But most implementations don’t do that. And I can understand why, because the following…

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…is a bit awkward looking.