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title: "PlaceholderItem Class"
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# PlaceholderItem Class

**Applies to:** Customer's Canvas On-Premises; Design Atoms .NET 6.0.0, 6.x (may differ) · **Archived documentation**
 
Represents an image placeholder.
 
**Namespace:** [Aurigma.DesignAtoms.Model.Items](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/N_Aurigma_DesignAtoms_Model_Items.htm.md) 
 **Assembly:** Aurigma.DesignAtoms (in Aurigma.DesignAtoms.dll)
 
## Syntax
  
```csharp
public class PlaceholderItem : ShapeItem
```
 
## Remarks
  
To implement arbitrary shapes, this class inherits from [ShapeItem](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/T_Aurigma_DesignAtoms_Model_Items_ShapeItem.htm.md). By including [ContentItem](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/T_Aurigma_DesignAtoms_Model_Items_ContentItem.htm.md), objects of this class can contain images. You can set the content resize mode to either `Fit`, when the whole image is shown, or `Fill`, when an image part is shown so that no empty spaces remain in the placeholder after inserting user images. In both cases, the content is resized proportionally. You can add decorative frames to placeholders. These images can behave as a background or overlap the content. Objects of the PlaceholderItem class contain the background frames in the bottomFrames collection and the overlapping frames in topFrames.
 
## Inheritance Hierarchy
  
- System.Object
    - *+* [Aurigma.DesignAtoms.Model.ModelComponent](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/T_Aurigma_DesignAtoms_Model_ModelComponent.htm.md)
        - *+* [Aurigma.DesignAtoms.Model.Items.BaseItem](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/T_Aurigma_DesignAtoms_Model_Items_BaseItem.htm.md)
            - *+* [Aurigma.DesignAtoms.Model.Items.Item](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/T_Aurigma_DesignAtoms_Model_Items_Item.htm.md)
                - *+* [Aurigma.DesignAtoms.Model.Items.ShapeItem](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/T_Aurigma_DesignAtoms_Model_Items_ShapeItem.htm.md)
                    - *+* Aurigma.DesignAtoms.Model.Items.PlaceholderItem
 
## See Also
  
### Reference
 
- [PlaceholderItem Members](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/AllMembers_T_Aurigma_DesignAtoms_Model_Items_PlaceholderItem.htm.md)
- [Aurigma.DesignAtoms.Model.Items Namespace](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/N_Aurigma_DesignAtoms_Model_Items.htm.md)