Restore functionality to press home button to go to home screen

On my Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) with Android 8, I used to be able to press the home button to directly go to the home screen. Some configuration must have changed because now when I press the home button, it only activates the screen but doesn't take me to the home screen. I need to press the home button to activate the screen and then swipe to go the home screen. Anyone can help me restore the previous functionality?