# System.security.lockScreen

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-security-lockscreen/111485>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, vision\
**Created:** [October 15, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-security-lockscreen/111485 "2025-10-15T19:42:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-security-lockscreen/111485/2 "2025-10-15T23:42:09Z")

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Can't speak to the overall wisdom of this approach, but it is possible to make your own modal popup window in Vision that prevents user interaction, so you can avoid the `lockScreen` function and do whatever you want on your popup:

> [@Modal Pop-Up How-To?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modal-pop-up-how-to/15211/10):
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> Alright, who is ready for some hacking? This might get complicated, but here is how I have achieved this in the past. As an example, I will use my custom lock screen, attached in this post. Here is the script. def lockScreen(): from javax.swing import SwingUtilities,JFrame #Import some stuff import system.nav if system.util.getGlobals().has\_key('lockScreen'): #Check if the screen has been locked before. This really just saves the set up code system.util.getGlobals()["app"].getRootPane…

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