---
title: "getContainers Method"
canonical: https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/customerscanvas.iframeapi.objectmodel.printarea.getcontainers.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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# getContainers Method

**Applies to:** Customer's Canvas On-Premises; Design Editor 6.15.0, 6.x (may differ) · **Archived documentation**
 
### Callable
 
- getContainers( ) :  [Container](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/customerscanvas.iframeapi.objectmodel.container.htm.md) []

- Gets an array of all containers in the print area.
  
 - example
     - ```
    // Load the editor.
    CustomersCanvas.IframeApi.loadEditor(iframe, productDefinition)
        // If the editor has been successfully loaded.
        .then(function (editor) {
            // When we get the product.
            editor.getProduct().then(function (product) {
                // Display obtained containers.
                console.log(product.currentSurface.printAreas[0].getContainers());
            });
        });
    ```

#### Returns Container []
 
    An array of all containers in the print area. By default, each print area has three basic containers in the editor: Background, Main, and Foreground.