Use breadcrumbs to help users keep track of their locations within a website.
Usage Guidelines
This component is a visual style guide only.
Breadcrumbs are used primarily to give users a secondary means of navigating a website. They provide a trail of links for the user to follow back to the starting or entry point. Typically, breadcrumbs display a hierarchy of the current page in relation to the website’s structure.
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Breadcrumbs trail example.
A breadcrumbs trail is typically rendered as a trail of links. At the end of the trail, the page currently being viewed is displayed as a bold non-link font.
A greater-than sign (>) serves as hierarchy separator, as in the format of Parent page > Child page.
Breadcrumbs trail ended with page title.
If page has a title, do not include the title in the breadcrumbs to avoid redundancy.
Breadcrumbs trail with parent level links.
Provide a link back to previous page.
Breadcrumbs trail for mobile or single level directory.
Breadcrumbs are placed horizontally across the top of a web page, often below navigation or application header.
Examples of breadcrumbs trail placements for desktop and mobile screens. Note on mobile, the breadcrumb is a link back to previous level.
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Breadcrumbs