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title: "Interface: IChannelContainerDefinition | Customer's Canvas On-Premises"
canonical: "https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-editor/iframe-api/reference/design-editor-iframe/interfaces/ObjectModel.IChannelContainerDefinition/"
---

# Interface: IChannelContainerDefinition

> A structure holding settings to create a channel container.

## Remarks

For details, see the [Defining Channel Containers](https://customerscanvas.com/dev/editors/iframe-api/product-definition/post-press-finishing-layers.html) topic.

## Example

``` js
const productDefinition = {
      surfaces: [{
          printAreas: [{
              designFile: "texture",
              containers: [
                  {
                      name: "foil",
                      type: "texture",
                      texture: "texture.jpg"
                  },
                  {
                      name: "spot",
                      type: "spotColor",
                      previewColor: "rgba(255,255,0,1)"
                  }]
          }]
      }]
  };
```

## Properties

### type?

> `optional` **type?**: [`ChannelContainerType`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-editor/iframe-api/reference/design-editor-iframe/enums/Enums.ChannelContainerType.md)

A type of the channel container, either texture or spot color.

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### name?

> `optional` **name?**: `string`

A unique container name.

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### translationKey?

> `optional` **translationKey?**: `string`

The translation key of the channel tab caption in the Object Inspector. The corresponding string should be defined in the `~/Configuration/translations.json` file.

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### previewColor?

> `optional` **previewColor?**: `string`

An RGB color representing a spot color on the canvas and proof images.

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### texture?

> `optional` **texture?**: `string`

A texture image used for rendering elements of the container on the canvas and proof images. This value is relative to the `~/assets/helpers/` folder.

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### outputColor?

> `optional` **outputColor?**: `string`

The color that is used in hires. This could be, for example, black rgb or cmyk color, or some specific Spot color.