| 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. |
| config | General location of configuration files. Every application should have its own subdirectory here. Note: on Windows it's the same as data path. |
| cache | Location of cached data. Note: Not available on Windows. |
| desktop | User's desktop directory. |
| documents | User's documents. |
| pictures | User's pictures. |
| music | User's music. |
| videos | User's videos (movies). |
| downloads | Directory for user's downloaded files. |
| templates | Location of file templates (e.g. office suite document templates). Note: Not available on OS X. |
| publicShare | Public share folder. Note: Not available on Windows. |
| fonts | Location of fonts files. Note: don't rely on this on freedesktop, since it uses hardcoded paths there. Better consider using fontconfig library |
| applications | User's applications. This has different meaning across platforms. On Windows it's directory where links (.lnk) to programs for Start menu are stored. On OS X it's folder where applications are typically put. On Freedesktop it's directory where .desktop files are put. |
| startup | Automatically started applications. On Windows it's directory where links (.lnk) to autostarted programs are stored. On OSX it's not available. On Freedesktop it's directory where autostarted .desktop files are stored. |
| roaming | Roaming directory that stores a user data which should be shared between user profiles on different machines. Windows-only. |
| savedGames | Common directory for game save files. Windows-only. |
Location types that can be passed to writablePath and standardPaths functions.
Not all these paths are suggested for showing in file managers or file dialogs. Some of them are meant for internal application usage or should be treated in special way. On usual circumstances user wants to see Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Music and Videos directories.