# Javascript: ViewerInitSettings.containerElement Property

> Optional. Element that hosts the viewer.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > JavaScript API - Document Viewer > Javascript: ViewerInitSettings.containerElement Property
- **40 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerinitsettings/containerelement-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerinitsettings/containerelement-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerinitsettings/containerelement-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Optional. Element that hosts the viewer.

### Syntax

```javascript
<HTMLElement> ViewerInitSettings.containerElement
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [ViewerInitSettings Object](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/javascript-document-viewer/viewerinitsettings/llms-full.txt)
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