Navigating windows using relative paths

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This type of stuff is fun to build. Enclosed is how I would do it. Place the following script inside of a shared script, like shared.nav

from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.model import ApplicationScope

PATH_SEPARATOR = "/"
DIR_UP_CHAR = ".."
PARENT_DIR_CHAR = "."

SCOPE = ApplicationScope.toCode(ApplicationScope.getGlobalScope())
def swapWindow(window1,window2,params = {}):
	
	if SCOPE in ("C","D"):
		pathParts = []
		wp1 = window1.split("/")
		wp2 = window2.split("/")
		if wp2[0] not in (DIR_UP_CHAR, PARENT_DIR_CHAR):
			pathPaths = wp2
		elif wp2[0] == DIR_UP_CHAR:
			pathParts = wp1[:-2] + wp2[1:]
		elif wp2[0] == PARENT_DIR_CHAR:
			pathParts = wp1[:-1] + wp2[1:]
			
		window = []
		for part in pathParts:
			if part == DIR_UP_CHAR and len(window):
				window = window[:-1]
			elif part == PARENT_DIR_CHAR:
				pass
			else:
				window.append(part)
		windowPath = "/".join(window)

		system.nav.swapWindow(window1,windowPath,params)

Then, instead of using system.nav.swapWindow, use shared.nav.swapWindow

swapWindow("Hello/This/Is/My/Path","../OtherWindow",{"someId":"alf"})```
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