NAME¶

SDL_Folder - The type of the OS-provided default folder for a specific purpose.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3/SDL_filesystem.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

typedef enum SDL_Folder
{
    SDL_FOLDER_HOME,        /**< The folder which contains all of the current user's data, preferences, and documents. It usually contains most of the other folders. If a requested folder does not exist, the home folder can be considered a safe fallback to store a user's documents. */

    SDL_FOLDER_DESKTOP,     /**< The folder of files that are displayed on the desktop. Note that the existence of a desktop folder does not guarantee that the system does show icons on its desktop; certain GNU/Linux distros with a graphical environment may not have desktop icons. */

    SDL_FOLDER_DOCUMENTS,   /**< User document files, possibly application-specific. This is a good place to save a user's projects. */

    SDL_FOLDER_DOWNLOADS,   /**< Standard folder for user files downloaded from the internet. */

    SDL_FOLDER_MUSIC,       /**< Music files that can be played using a standard music player (mp3, ogg...). */

    SDL_FOLDER_PICTURES,    /**< Image files that can be displayed using a standard viewer (png, jpg...). */

    SDL_FOLDER_PUBLICSHARE, /**< Files that are meant to be shared with other users on the same computer. */

    SDL_FOLDER_SAVEDGAMES,  /**< Save files for games. */

    SDL_FOLDER_SCREENSHOTS, /**< Application screenshots. */

    SDL_FOLDER_TEMPLATES,   /**< Template files to be used when the user requests the desktop environment to create a new file in a certain folder, such as NewTextFile.txt".AnyfileintheTemplatesfoldercanbeusedasastartingpointforanewfile.*/

    SDL_FOLDER_VIDEOS,      /**< Video files that can be played using a standard video player (mp4, webm...). */

    SDL_FOLDER_COUNT        /**< Total number of types in this enum, not a folder type by itself. */

} SDL_Folder;

DESCRIPTION¶

Note that the Trash folder isn't included here, because trashing files usually involves extra OS-specific functionality to remember the file's original location.

The folders supported per platform are:

| | Windows | macOS/iOS | tvOS | Unix (XDG) | Haiku | Emscripten | | ----------- | ------- | --------- | ---- | ---------- | ----- | ---------- | | HOME | X | X | | X | X | X | | DESKTOP | X | X | | X | X | | | DOCUMENTS | X | X | | X | | | | DOWNLOADS | Vista+ | X | | X | | | | MUSIC | X | X | | X | | | | PICTURES | X | X | | X | | | | PUBLICSHARE | | X | | X | | | | SAVEDGAMES | Vista+ | | | | | | | SCREENSHOTS | Vista+ | | | | | | | TEMPLATES | X | X | | X | | | | VIDEOS | X | X* | | X | | |

Note that on macOS/iOS, the Videos folder is called "Movies".

AVAILABILITY¶

This enum is available since SDL 3.1.3.

SEE ALSO¶

•(3), SDL_GetUserFolder(3)