# Disable the Screen while Cleaning the Screen?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-the-screen-while-cleaning-the-screen/33342>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-the-screen-while-cleaning-the-screen/33342 "2020-03-23T22:31:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![blueweb00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@blueweb00](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blueweb00)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-the-screen-while-cleaning-the-screen/33342/1 "2020-03-23T22:31:20Z")

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Due to the COVID-19, I am trying to clean (wipe down) the clients’ touch screen. I made a blank screen with a timer, but the problem that I am having is that I have a navigation header(s) that is still enabled. Is there a way to temporarily disable the header while the blank clean screen window is showing. Or what would be the best way to approach this problem?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-the-screen-while-cleaning-the-screen/33342/2 "2020-03-23T22:35:17Z")

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Maybe you can make a button to call system.security.lockScreen() and then unlock when you’re done?

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-the-screen-while-cleaning-the-screen/33342/3 "2020-03-23T23:22:03Z")

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I disable everything when i open “modal” popups (faux-modal). I do that by adding a semi-transparent black rectangle to every window, including the navigation window, and setting a mouse clicked action to simply `1` (or anything that won’t do anything). You could use something like this?