Quote Originally Posted by ggs
There is this Direct3D GUI from here which I've been translating to delphi.
Looks promising (and pretty thorough!). Thanks for this -- I'll play about with it when I get the chance (though I'm an OpenGL man myself, the ideas should be portable).

However, the Interface Editor that comes with XCESS is probable the only freeware versions that actually comes with its own editor that I've seen. But that does use the VCL
Indeed. It's a polished product but I've had an allergy to the VCL for my games for some time now. Guess it's just the control freak in me wanting to build my own, rather similar framework.