# Path prefixes: common, code lists, temporary state and plugin paths > The first character of a jComponent path chooses where the value lives: * the common state, # the code lists, % the temporary state, ? the plugin state and plugin|path a property of a plugin object. Framework: jcomponent20 Product: jComponent 20 (jcomponent@20) Language: en Content-SHA256: bb875905d62b28b998f81784d6ebbe4244d28c88f46adfb3bfbf9b45754c2c9b Snapshot: c0700e321579725c5cf4f5ace1ad7d2866d1b4f93c24a63c0b41b6b7998e976c Sources: jcomponent20@3fedd009a277f50fddc608b97afbec553b67c51b Review: not-recorded A path is where a value lives in the state of the page, and in jComponent 20 its **first character** can change the place. | Prefix | Example | Where it points | |---|---|---| | `*` | `*user.name` | the common state: `common.user.name` (`*` alone is `common`) | | `#` | `#countries` | the code lists: `DEF.cl.countries`, where `CL()` stores the lists it loads | | `%` | `%step` | the temporary state: `DEF.tmp.step`, for values that do not belong to the model | | `?` | `?.items` | inside a ``: the path of that plugin (see the plugin recipe) | | `plugin\|path` | `cart\|items` | a property of the plugin object called `cart`, from anywhere: `PLUGINS["cart"].items` (it is **not** the state path `cart.items`) | The flags of a path (`@visible`, `@change`...) are a different thing: they come after a space (see the custom flags recipe). Paths without a prefix are plain paths of the state (`user.name`). ```html public/index.html jComponent ```