diff --git a/source/gui/gui.cpp b/source/gui/gui.cpp
index 6a1abcde3..8ae835bdf 100644
--- a/source/gui/gui.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/gui.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void CGUIObject::init(GUIId _id)
 
 	m_id=_id;
 	m_x=m_y=m_w=m_h=0;
-	m_flags=INITIAL_FLAGS;
+	m_flags=getInitialFlags();
 	m_this=this;
 
 	// Add to the end of the linked list of GUI objects..
diff --git a/source/gui/gui.h b/source/gui/gui.h
index 946d32de8..7997ad6f6 100644
--- a/source/gui/gui.h
+++ b/source/gui/gui.h
@@ -37,10 +37,8 @@ public:
 	typedef enum
 	{
 		FLAG_SELECTED=		1<<0,
-		FLAG_HIDDEN=		1<<1,
-		FLAG_DRAWBORDER=	1<<2,
-
-		INITIAL_FLAGS=		FLAG_DRAWBORDER,
+		FLAG_HIDDEN=		1<<2,
+		FLAG_DRAWBORDER=	1<<3,
 	} GUI_FLAGS;
 
 	enum
@@ -80,6 +78,9 @@ public:
 
 	
 protected:
+	virtual GUI_FLAGS	getInitialFlags()							{return FLAG_DRAWBORDER;}
+	virtual int			isSelectable()								{return false;}
+
 	int					getX()										{return m_x;}
 	int					getY()										{return m_y;}
 	int					getW()										{return m_w;}