---
title: "system.gui.getOpenedWindowNames"
description: "Finds all of the currently open windows and returns a tuple of their paths."
---

# system.gui.getOpenedWindowNames

> Finds all of the currently open windows and returns a tuple of their paths.

This function is used in **Python Scripting**.

## Description
## Client Permission Restrictions
This scripting function has no [Client Permission](../../../ignition-modules/vision/vision-project-properties/vision-project-properties.md#vision-permissions-properties) restrictions.

## Syntax
`system.gui.getOpenedWindowNames()`

### Parameters
Nothing

### Returns
**Tuple** - A tuple of strings, representing the path of each window that is open. Printing the return value will display results in the Vision Client console if not writing to a component property.

### Scope
Vision Client

## Code Examples
```python title="Example #1 - Printing Open Window Paths"
# This example prints out into the console the full path for each opened window.
  
windows = system.gui.getOpenedWindowNames()
print 'There are %d windows open' % len(windows)
for path in windows:
    print path
```