diff -r 49c04de3b948 lib/irrlicht/include/IGUIElement.h
--- a/lib/irrlicht/include/IGUIElement.h	Wed Jun 03 07:41:24 2009 +0200
+++ b/lib/irrlicht/include/IGUIElement.h	Wed Jun 03 07:45:58 2009 +0200
@@ -807,12 +807,18 @@
 		return GUIElementTypeNames[Type];
 	}
 
+	//! Access the element name
+	core::stringc & getName()
+	{
+		return Name;
+	}
 
 	//! Writes attributes of the scene node.
 	/** Implement this to expose the attributes of your scene node for
 	scripting languages, editors, debuggers or xml serialization purposes. */
 	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->addInt("Id", ID );
 		out->addString("Caption", getText());
 		out->addRect("Rect", DesiredRect);
@@ -836,6 +842,7 @@
 	scripting languages, editors, debuggers or xml deserialization purposes. */
 	virtual void deserializeAttributes(io::IAttributes* in, io::SAttributeReadWriteOptions* options=0)
 	{
+	    Name = in->getAttributeAsString("IdName");
 		setID(in->getAttributeAsInt("Id"));
 		setText(in->getAttributeAsStringW("Caption").c_str());
 		setVisible(in->getAttributeAsBool("Visible"));
@@ -911,6 +918,9 @@
 	//! id
 	s32 ID;
 
+	//! name to identify element
+	core::stringc Name;
+
 	//! tab stop like in windows
 	bool IsTabStop;