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   image::jme3/advanced/nifty-screen-layer-panel.png[nifty-screen-layer-panel.png,width="366",height="136",align="left"]
   
  -
   Create an empty *screen*.xml file in the `assets/Interface/` directory of your project.
   
  -.  btn:[RMB] click on `menu:Interface[New>Other>GUI>Empty Gui]` followed by the btn:[Next >] button.
  -.  Name the file "`screen`" and when ready select btn:[Finish].
  +CAUTION: Do not use the SDK built in Nifty file editor. It does not work and is full of bugs that will lead to significant hair loss. Instead, create a empty XML file.
  +
  +.  btn:[RMB] click on `menu:Interface[New>Other>XML>XML Document]` followed by the btn:[Next >] button.
  +//.  btn:[RMB] click on `menu:Interface[New>Other>GUI>Empty Gui]` followed by the btn:[Next >] button.
  +.  Name the file "`screen`" and when ready select btn:[Next >].
  +.  Accept the default selection of "`Well-formed Document`" by clicking the btn:[Finish] button.
   
   Afterwards create the directory `assets/Interface/Fonts` and add a new font e.g. Arial.
   
  
positive.code: 
  == Adding Content to Panels
  
  See also link:http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/nifty-gui/index.php?title=Layout_Introduction[Layout Introduction] on the Nifty +++<abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr>+++ site.
  
  
  === Add Images
  
  The link:http://hub.jmonkeyengine.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php/jme3:advanced:start-background.png[start-background.png] image is a fullscreen background picture. Add it to `Interface`. In the `start` screen, add the following image element:
  
  [source,xml]
  ----
  
negative.code: 
  Every Nifty +++<abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr>+++ must have a start screen. The others (in this example, the HUD screen) are optional.
  
  See: <<jme3/advanced/nifty_gui_overlay#,Nifty Gui Overlay>> to view your document as we progress through this tutorial.
  
  NOTE: In the following examples, the XML schema header is abbreviated to just `<nifty>`.
  
  
  === Make Layers
  
  The following minimal XML file shows how we added layers to the start screen and HUD screen.
  Delete all from the file and add following code.
  
  [source,xml]
  ----
  