| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| data | General location of persisted application data. Every application should have its own subdirectory here. Note: on Windows it's the same as config path. |
| DataStandardPath.data | |
| config | General location of configuration files. Every application should have its own subdirectory here. Note: on Windows it's the same as data path. To distinguish config directory one may use roamingPath. |
| ConfigStandardPath.config | |
| cache | Location of cached data. Note: Windows does not provide specical directory for cache data. On Windows data/cache is used as cache folder. |
| CacheStandardPath.cache | |
| desktop | User's desktop directory. |
| DesktopStandardPath.desktop | |
| documents | User's documents. |
| DocumentsStandardPath.documents | |
| pictures | User's pictures. |
| PicturesStandardPath.pictures | |
| music | User's music. |
| MusicStandardPath.music | |
| videos | User's videos (movies). |
| VideosStandardPath.videos | |
| downloads | Directory for user's downloaded files. |
| DownloadStandardPath.downloads | |
| templates | Location of file templates (e.g. office suite document templates). Note: Not available on OS X. |
| Templatestemplates | |
| publicShare | Public share folder. Note: Not available on Windows. |
| PublicShareStandardPath.publicShare | |
| fonts | Location of fonts files. Note: don't rely on this on freedesktop, since it uses hardcoded paths there. Better consider using fontconfig library |
| FontsStandardPath.fonts | |
| applications | User's applications. |
| ApplicationsStandardPath.applications |
Locations that can be passed to writablePath and standardPaths functions.