diff --git a/collects/tests/utils/gui.ss b/collects/tests/utils/gui.ss
index dc607171..d5b89c91 100644
--- a/collects/tests/utils/gui.ss
+++ b/collects/tests/utils/gui.ss
@@ -1,6 +1,42 @@
-(require-library "guis.ss" "tests" "utils")
+(module gui mzscheme
+  (require (lib "mred.ss" "mred"))
+  (provide find-labelled-window)
 
-(define-values/invoke-unit/sig test-utils:gui^
- (require-library "guir.ss" "tests" "utils")
- #f
- mred^)
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+  ;;; find-labelled-window : (union ((union #f string) -> window<%>)
+  ;;;                               ((union #f string) (union #f class) -> window<%>)
+  ;;;                               ((union #f string) (union class #f) area-container<%> -> area-container<%>))
+  ;;;;  may call error, if no control with the label is found
+  (define find-labelled-window
+    (case-lambda
+     [(label) (find-labelled-window label #f)]
+     [(label class) (find-labelled-window label class (get-top-level-focus-window))]
+     [(label class window)
+      (unless (or (not label)
+                  (string? label))
+	(error 'find-labelled-window "first argument must be a string or #f, got ~e; other args: ~e ~e"
+	       label class window))
+      (unless (or (class? class)
+		  (not class))
+	(error 'find-labelled-window "second argument must be a class or #f, got ~e; other args: ~e ~e"
+	       class label window))
+      (unless (is-a? window area-container<%>)
+	(error 'find-labelled-window "third argument must be a area-container<%>, got ~e; other args: ~e ~e"
+	       window label class))
+      (let ([ans
+	     (let loop ([window window])
+	       (cond
+                 [(and (or (not class)
+                           (is-a? window class))
+                       (let ([win-label (and (is-a? window window<%>)
+                                             (send window get-label))])
+                         (equal? label win-label)))
+                  window]
+                 [(is-a? window area-container<%>) (ormap loop (send window get-children))]
+                 [else #f]))])
+	(or ans
+	    (error 'find-labelled-window "no window labelled ~e in ~e~a"
+		   label
+		   window 
+		   (if class
+		       (format " matching class ~e" class)
+		       ""))))]))))
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