diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/UiDatElement.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/UiDatElement.cs
index 892f053a..0da6a067 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/UiDatElement.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/UiDatElement.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public sealed class UiDatElement : UiElement
     /// falling back to the DirectState (<c>""</c> key) if the named state is absent.
     /// Returns (0, 0) if neither exists.
     /// </summary>
+    // exposed for unit testing
     public (uint File, int DrawMode) ActiveMedia()
         => _info.StateMedia.TryGetValue(ActiveState, out var m) ? m
          : _info.StateMedia.TryGetValue("", out var d) ? d
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ public sealed class UiDatElement : UiElement
 
     protected override void OnDraw(UiRenderContext ctx)
     {
-        var (file, drawMode) = ActiveMedia();
+        var (file, _) = ActiveMedia();
         if (file == 0) return;
 
         var (tex, tw, th) = _resolve(file);
@@ -78,8 +79,7 @@ public sealed class UiDatElement : UiElement
         // matching ImgTex::TileCSI. Overlay/Alphablend are the same blit with a blend state; the
         // sprite shader already alpha-blends, so the quad is identical for all draw modes in Plan 1.
         // (No Stretch mode exists in DatReaderWriter.Enums.DrawModeType.)
-        // drawMode is not yet branched here — Plan 2 can add per-mode behavior if needed.
-        _ = drawMode; // suppress unused-variable warning until Plan 2 adds per-mode branches
+        // DrawMode is not yet branched here — Plan 2 can add per-mode behavior if needed.
         float u1 = Width / tw;
         float v1 = Height / th;
         ctx.DrawSprite(tex, 0, 0, Width, Height, 0, 0, u1, v1, Vector4.One);
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/Layout/UiDatElementTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/Layout/UiDatElementTests.cs
index 91f66d49..366f51c0 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/Layout/UiDatElementTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/Layout/UiDatElementTests.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,26 @@ public class UiDatElementTests
         info.StateMedia["ShowDetail"] = (0x06000002, 3); // named (Alphablend=3)
         var e = new UiDatElement(info, _ => (0, 0, 0)) { ActiveState = "ShowDetail" };
         Assert.Equal(0x06000002u, e.ActiveMedia().File);
+        Assert.Equal(3, e.ActiveMedia().DrawMode);
         e.ActiveState = "";
         Assert.Equal(0x06000001u, e.ActiveMedia().File);
+        Assert.Equal(1, e.ActiveMedia().DrawMode);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ActiveMedia_NoMedia_ReturnsZero()
+    {
+        var e = new UiDatElement(new ElementInfo(), _ => (0, 0, 0));
+        Assert.Equal(0u, e.ActiveMedia().File);
+        Assert.Equal(0, e.ActiveMedia().DrawMode);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ActiveMedia_MissingNamedState_FallsBackToDirect()
+    {
+        var info = new ElementInfo();
+        info.StateMedia[""] = (0x06000005, 1);
+        var e = new UiDatElement(info, _ => (0, 0, 0)) { ActiveState = "NoSuchState" };
+        Assert.Equal(0x06000005u, e.ActiveMedia().File);
     }
 }