Hi,

KDE has these directories: Downloads, Documents, Pictures. Different applications use different ones, and I find it inconvenient.
I would like to keep just one of these folders, for example, Downloads, and force all apps to use that single directory.

The use case that is inconvenient currently:
I get documents by downloading them using the browser (goes to Downloads), or by taking screenshots with `spectacle` (goes to Pictures), and then I want to upload them somewhere. Most services usually accept both `pdf` or `png` files, therefore it's impossible for the browser to know which directory to open by default.

Hi!

Thats not really Plasma related as these directories are based on the freedesktop standard.
Create (or edit if exists) the file `~/.config/user-dirs.dirs` like this:

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# main folder is ~/Downloads, other stuff will be saved in /tmp for deletion
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="/tmp"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_EBOOKS_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_PROJECTS_DIR="$HOME/Downloads/"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="/tmp"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"


See xdg-user-dirs on freedesktop.org for details.

Thank you sir, this is exactly what I'm looking for!

You're welcome