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+<stkgui>
+
+    <div x="5%" y="5%" width="90%" height="90%" layout="vertical-row" >
+
+        <header id="title" width="100%" text_align="center" text="Paused" proportion="3" />
+
+        <!-- FIXME: some play in proportions occur below because the text of an icon
+                    button is added UNDER it and not within its allocated height -->
+        <icon-button id="backbtn" align="center" icon="gui/back.png" extend_label="200"
+                     I18N="Race paused button" text="Back to Game" proportion="3"/>
+
+        <spacer width="20" height="50" />
+
+        <buttonbar id="choiceribbon" proportion="4" width="100%" align="center">
+
+            <icon-button id="selectkart" width="128" height="128" icon="gui/random_kart.png"
+                    I18N="Race paused button" text="Select kart" word_wrap="true"/>
+
+            <icon-button id="options" width="128" height="128" icon="gui/main_options.png"
+                         I18N="Race paused button" text="Options" word_wrap="true"/>
+
+            <icon-button id="help" width="128" height="128" icon="gui/main_help.png"
+                    I18N="Race paused button" text="Help" word_wrap="true"/>
+
+            <icon-button id="exit" width="128" height="128" icon="gui/main_quit.png"
+                         I18N="Race paused button" text="Back to menu" word_wrap="true"/>
+
+        </buttonbar>
+
+        <spacer width="20" height="35" />
+    </div>
+
+</stkgui>