---
title: "selectItems Method"
canonical: https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/customerscanvas.iframeapi.editor.selectitems.htm
archived: true
applies_to:
  - product: "Customer's Canvas On-Premises"
  - product: "Design Editor"
    versions: ["6.15.0", "6.x (may differ)"]
---

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# selectItems Method

**Applies to:** Customer's Canvas On-Premises; Design Editor 6.15.0, 6.x (may differ) · **Archived documentation**
 
### Callable
 
- selectItems(items:  [Item](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/customerscanvas.iframeapi.objectmodel.item.htm.md) [] ) :  Promise < void >

- Selects the specified design elements on the current surface.
  
    You can call [getSelectedItems](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/customerscanvas.iframeapi.editor.getselecteditems.htm.md) to access the items.
 
 - example
     - ```
    editor.selectItems([
        {        
            "name": "Contact"
        },
        {
            "name": "Address"
        }
    ]);
    ```

#### Parameters

    - ##### items: [Item](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/customerscanvas.iframeapi.objectmodel.item.htm.md) [] 
  
        An array of objects that contain design element names.

#### Returns Promise < void >