OGRE - Multiple windows - render window and menu window

Question

I am working with OGRE 1.7. I would like to make an application with two windows, the first one renders a scene (a bunch of 3D points) and second one must present a set controls (buttons, dragdown menus, labels etc). I am currently using SDKTrays for organizing the buttons, but since there are lot of controls they are cluttering the scene. I would like to organize them in a separate view.

Can anyone tell me how to do this in Ogre ? I wasn't able to figure it out from the OGRE tutorials. I am working on Ubuntu 12.04 and Ogre 1.8.1.

Thanks in advance.

PS 1: I don't mean two windows literally, it could be a window with two panels/views (for the lack of right word)

PS 2: A lot of similar questions with "multiple windows" talk about multiple viewports. For me it's not necessary - first window is dynamic and the second one is pretty much static.

PS 3: I have a feeling that I must use Ogre GUI's like CEGUI, MyGUI, QuickGUI. Do I really need to ? If yes, please point out the easiest one to start with.

PS 4: This is kindof a repost from OGRE forum (where I couldn't get an answer).

Answer 1

I prefer to use Qt for my GUI controls. I think it the most convenient library vor creating non-game GUIs. Combining Ogre and Qt is possible. There are code examples for Windows, Mac, Unix. Please have a look here.