---
title: "system.nav.goHome"
description: "When using the Typical Navigation Strategy, this function will navigate to the \"home\" window."
---

# system.nav.goHome

> When using the Typical Navigation Strategy, this function will navigate to the "home" window.

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

## Description
When using the typical navigation strategy, this function will navigate to the "home" window. This is automatically detected as the first main-screen window shown in a project. If you are using this system function with `system.nav.openWindow()`, your home window should be closed before navigating to it, or `system.nav.goHome()` may not work. 

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

## Syntax
`system.nav.goHome()`

### Parameters
Nothing

### Returns
**Window** - A reference to window that was navigated to. Refer to the list of window objects.

### Scope
Vision Client

## Code Examples
```python title="Example #1"
# This code would go in a button to move to the Home screen.
system.nav.goHome()
```