---
title: "system.gui.getOpenedWindows"
description: "Finds all of the currently open windows and returns a tuple of references to them."
---

# system.gui.getOpenedWindows

> Finds all of the currently open windows and returns a tuple of references to them.

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

## Description
## Client Permission Restrictions
This scripting function has no Client Permission restrictions.

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

### Parameters
Nothing

### Returns
**Tuple** - A tuple of the opened windows, not their names, but the actual window objects themselves. 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"
# This example prints out the path of each currently opened window to the console.
  
windows = system.gui.getOpenedWindows()
print 'There are %d windows open' % len(windows)
for window in windows:
    print window.getPath()
```