I use the same custom graphic for ‘next’ in the Playlist Control Bar, and Cartwall Players.
In the Playlist Control Bar, the Next button displays my custom graphic correctly (admittedly it is never greyed out!).
In a Cartwall Player containing a single item (like player 2 below), the greyed-out version has an odd rectangular (?) artefact behind my custom (transparent PNG) Next graphic. In Cartwall Players with a stack (two or more items, like player 1 below), my custom Next button graphic displays correctly.
Screenshot and custom image PNG files are below, as attachments.
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