# ViewerInitSettings Object

> Options accepted by the legacy global initialization method.

- **Product:** DS Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Object
- **Path:** DS Server > Reference > JavaScript API - Document Viewer > ViewerInitSettings Object
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerinitsettings/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerinitsettings/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerinitsettings/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [Description](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerinitsettings/#description)
- [Syntax](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerinitsettings/#syntax)
- [Members](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerinitsettings/#members)

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## In This Section

- [Javascript: ViewerInitSettings.containerElement Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerinitsettings/containerelement-property/llms.txt): Optional. Element that hosts the viewer.
- [Javascript: ViewerInitSettings.containerID Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerinitsettings/containerid-property/llms.txt): Optional. ID of the element that hosts the viewer when `containerElement` is not provided.
- [Javascript: ViewerInitSettings.viewerSettings Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerinitsettings/viewersettings-property/llms.txt): Optional. Initial viewer settings and optional document to load.

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- **Previous:** [Javascript: ViewerEvents Enumeration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerevents/enumeration/llms.txt)
- **Next:** [Javascript: ViewerInitSettings.containerElement Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerinitsettings/containerelement-property/llms.txt)