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title: "au-widget-design-editor/Commands/initial-command | Customer's Canvas On-Premises"
canonical: "https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/ui-framework/widgets/reference/au-widget-design-editor.Commands.initial-command/"
---

# au-widget-design-editor/Commands/initial-command

> A command that defines a product and configures the editor.

## Classes

### InitialCommand

For details, you can refer to the `IDesignEditorDefinitionInitial`.
```json
{
  "widgets": `[{
    "type": "design-editor",
    "name": "editor",
    "params": {
      "initial":{
        "productDefinition":{
          "surfaces":[{ "printAreas": [{ "designFile": "mytemplate" }]` }]
        },
        "editorConfig": {
          "initialMode": "Advanced"
        }
      }
    }
  }]
}
```

#### Extends

- [`DesignEditorWidgetCommand`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/ui-framework/widgets/reference/au-widget-design-editor.Commands.command.md#abstract-designeditorwidgetcommand)

#### Methods

##### execute()

```ts
execute(params): Promise<any>;
```

Executes this command.

###### Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| ------ | ------ | ------ |
| `params` | [`IDesignEditorDefinitionInitial`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/ui-framework/widgets/reference/au-widget-design-editor.IAuWidgetDesignEditor.md#idesigneditordefinitioninitial) | Parameters for the command. |

###### Returns

`Promise`\<`any`\>

###### Overrides

[`DesignEditorWidgetCommand`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/ui-framework/widgets/reference/au-widget-design-editor.Commands.command.md#abstract-designeditorwidgetcommand).[`execute`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/ui-framework/widgets/reference/au-widget-design-editor.Commands.command.md#execute)