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

# system.vision.getOpenedWindows

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

:::info Backwards Compatibility
This function replaces [system.gui.getOpenedWindows](versioned_docs/version-8.1/appendix/scripting-functions/system-gui/system-gui-getOpenWindows.md). Any scripts containing Vision Client scoped functions that were replaced with system.vision syntax will still work to maintain backwards compatibility.
:::

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

## Description
:::note
This function is available on secondary desktops via the [system.vision.desktop](system-vision-desktop.md) function. See the [Multi-Monitor Clients](ignition-modules\vision\common-tasks-in-vision\multi-monitor-clients\multi-monitor-clients.md) page for more details on secondary desktops.
:::

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

:::note
This function is available on secondary desktops via the [system.vision.desktop](system-vision-desktop.md) function. See the [Multi-Monitor Clients](ignition-modules\vision\common-tasks-in-vision\multi-monitor-clients\multi-monitor-clients.md) page for more details on secondary desktops.
:::

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

### Parameters
Nothing

### Returns
**Tuple** - A tuple of the opened windows, not their names, but the actual [window](appendix\components\vision-components\vision-window-object\vision-window-object.md) 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.vision.getOpenedWindows()
print 'There are %d windows open' % len(windows)
for window in windows:
    print window.getPath()
```