It took some digging, but I found a simple solution to a problem I've encountered many times: how to have an active label or button on top of another active field.  The solution was in a post from 10 years ago ... (yea, forums!) The solution was:   Here's an example with a Close button on top of a gray square that is used to drag the window: ; ; Simplified example of label on label ; #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> $GUI = GuiCreate("Test GUI"