diff --git a/direct/src/gui/DirectGui.py b/direct/src/gui/DirectGui.py
index f77724237a..91ce10f249 100644
--- a/direct/src/gui/DirectGui.py
+++ b/direct/src/gui/DirectGui.py
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ guiTop.node().setMouseWatcher(base.mouseWatcher.node())
 from DirectFrame import *
 from DirectButton import *
 from DirectLabel import *
-
+from DirectScrolledList import *
diff --git a/direct/src/gui/DirectGuiBase.py b/direct/src/gui/DirectGuiBase.py
index 33648e6d85..63f1767ba6 100644
--- a/direct/src/gui/DirectGuiBase.py
+++ b/direct/src/gui/DirectGuiBase.py
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ class DirectGuiWidget(DirectGuiBase, NodePath):
             ('pgFunc',         PGItem,       None),
             ('numStates',      1,            None),
             ('invertedFrames', (),           None),
+            ('sortOrder',      0,            None),
             # Widget's initial state
             ('state',          NORMAL,       self.setState),
             # Widget's frame characteristics
@@ -684,7 +685,7 @@ class DirectGuiWidget(DirectGuiBase, NodePath):
             self.guiItem.setId(self['guiId'])
         self.guiId = self.guiItem.getId()
         # Attach button to parent and make that self
-        self.assign(parent.attachNewNode( self.guiItem ) )
+        self.assign(parent.attachNewNode( self.guiItem, self['sortOrder'] ) )
         # Update pose to initial values
         if self['pos']:
             pos = self['pos']
diff --git a/direct/src/gui/DirectScrolledList.py b/direct/src/gui/DirectScrolledList.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..759fe19d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/direct/src/gui/DirectScrolledList.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+from DirectFrame import *
+from DirectButton import *
+import GuiGlobals
+
+
+"""
+def choseAvatar(name, avId):
+    print name, avId
+    
+model = loader.loadModel("phase_4/models/gui/friendslist_gui")
+
+s = DirectScrolledList(
+    image = model.find("**/FriendsBox_Open"),
+    relief = None,
+    # inc and dec are DirectButtons
+    incButton_text = "inc",
+    incButton_text_scale = 0.1,
+    incButton_pos = (0,0,0.1),
+    decButton_text = "dec",
+    decButton_text_scale = 0.1,
+    decButton_pos = (0,0,-0.1),
+    # itemFrame is a DirectFrame
+    itemFrame_pos = (0,0,0),
+    itemFrame_relief = FLAT,
+    itemFrame_frameColor = (1,1,1,1),
+    # each item is a button with text on it
+    numItemsVisible = 3,
+    items = ('Top', 'Flippy', 'Joe', 'Flippy', 'Ashy', 'Bottom'),
+    items_text_scale = 0.1,
+    items_relief = FLAT,
+    command = choseAvatar,
+    extraArgs = ([1], [2], [3]),
+    )
+
+s.addItem(string, extraArg)
+s.removeItem(index)
+s.setItems(stringList, extraArgList)
+"""
+    
+
+class DirectScrolledList(DirectFrame):
+    def __init__(self, parent = guiTop, **kw):
+        # Inherits from DirectFrame
+        optiondefs = (
+            # Define type of DirectGuiWidget
+            ('items',           [],        None),
+            ('command',         None,      None),
+            ('extraArgs',       [],        None),
+            ('numItemsVisible', 1,         None),
+            )
+        # Merge keyword options with default options
+        self.defineoptions(kw, optiondefs, dynamicGroups = ("items",))
+
+        # Initialize superclasses
+        DirectFrame.__init__(self, parent)
+
+        self.createcomponent("incButton", (), "incButton",
+                             DirectButton, (),
+                             parent = self,
+                             )
+        self.createcomponent("decButton", (), "decButton",
+                             DirectButton, (),
+                             parent = self,
+                             )
+        self.createcomponent("itemFrame", (), "itemFrame",
+                             DirectFrame, (),
+                             parent = self,
+                             )
+
+        for i in range(len(self["items"])):
+            item = self["items"][i]
+            self.createcomponent("item"+str(i), (), "items",
+                                 DirectButton, (),
+                                 parent = self.component("itemFrame"),
+                                 text = item,
+                                 command = self["command"],
+                                 extraArgs = [item] + self["extraArgs"][i],
+                                 )
+            
+        self.initialiseoptions(DirectScrolledList)
+