diff -r abfd23c8a38d lib/irrlicht/include/IGUIElement.h
--- a/lib/irrlicht/include/IGUIElement.h	Wed Aug 27 00:12:58 2008 +0200
+++ b/lib/irrlicht/include/IGUIElement.h	Wed Aug 27 00:19:24 2008 +0200
@@ -792,6 +792,18 @@
 	{
 		return Name;
 	}
+	
+	//! textid which can be used for stringtables
+	virtual void setTextID(const wchar_t* text)
+	{
+		TextID = text;
+	}
+
+	//! Returns textid which can be used for stringtables
+	virtual const wchar_t* getTextID() const
+	{
+		return TextID.c_str();
+	}
 
 	//! Writes attributes of the scene node.
 	//! Implement this to expose the attributes of your scene node for
@@ -799,6 +811,7 @@
 	virtual void serializeAttributes(io::IAttributes* out, io::SAttributeReadWriteOptions* options=0) const
 	{
 		out->addString("IdName", Name.c_str() );	// call it IdName instead of name, because otherwise it's hard to find in the xml as name is used so often
+		out->addString("TextID", getTextID());
 		out->addInt("Id", ID );
 		out->addString("Caption", getText());
 		out->addRect("Rect", DesiredRect);
@@ -823,6 +836,7 @@
 	virtual void deserializeAttributes(io::IAttributes* in, io::SAttributeReadWriteOptions* options=0)
 	{
 		Name = in->getAttributeAsString("IdName");
+		setTextID(in->getAttributeAsStringW("TextID").c_str());
 		setID(in->getAttributeAsInt("Id"));
 		setText(in->getAttributeAsStringW("Caption").c_str());
 		setVisible(in->getAttributeAsBool("Visible"));
@@ -899,6 +913,9 @@
 	
 	//! name to identify element
 	core::stringc Name;	
+	
+	//! text id which can be used for stringtables
+	core::stringw TextID;	
 
 	//! tab stop like in windows
 	bool IsTabStop;