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I have a theme file, let's called it 'windows.xml'. It has everything for chat/text windows, etc. That is working.

I would like another gui on top of this for the game interface. Preferable I would like to keep it in it's own theme file, let's called it 'gamegui.xml'.

I tried to create two GUIs on the same root (DesktopArea) and that crashes, says the widget has already been added. I also tried to create two DeskTopAreas and they conflict. z-ordering doesn't work and some widgets freeze.

You can't use 2 themes at the same time BUT you can include one theme file in another using the include tag. This is done in the ThemeEditor's gui.xml file.

Now if you want to overlay different UIs then you need to define how these should react to events. It is easy to use something like this:


With "freeze" you mean that they no longer respond to mouse/keyboard input? This is mostly a sign that they are either below a (transparent) widget which intercepts mouse events or that their size does not match their visual appearance. To check for the later you can enable setClip(true) on these widgets or their parents.

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TWL - The Themable Widget Library