Breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs are a series of links that help understand user’s location in a hierarchy.

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Published: November 22, 2024
Updated: January 08, 2026

Breadcrumbs help users identify a user’s location in a hierarchy via a linear pathway. Users can navigate backward to a chosen page via the link element.


Anatomy

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Element

Description

Optional?

1. Icon

Back arrow icon placed before the first link to help communicate backward navigation.

Yes

2. Link

Standalone link that navigates to another page within the hierarchy. Breadcrumbs are a maximum of three levels of links.

No

3. Divider

Visual divider to separate links.

No


Variants

Variants contain different versions of the component depending on specific properties, such as state, size, colour, optional iconography, etc.

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items level 1
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items level 2
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items level 3

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