Breadcrumb
A React component in Beamline's Navigation category.
Where a page sits and the way back up; long paths keep the first and last two levels and fold the middle into a menu.
Use it for
- Showing where a page sits in a hierarchy and jumping back up.
Not for
- Flat apps with one level (use the page title).
- Steps in a flow (stepper).
Anatomy
- nav landmark
- links (icon + label)
- separators (chevrons, flipped in RTL)
- fold menu (⋯)
- current page (text)
States
- short path
- folded path (more than maxItems: first and last two kept, the rest behind ⋯)
- narrow: ancestors give way first to a few letters and an ellipsis (full name in the title); the current page keeps the most
Keyboard
- Tab through the links and the fold menu
Motion
Going deeper adds a crumb that grows in; going up lets the dropped crumbs fade where they stood (useFlip).
Props
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
items | { label, href?, onClick?, icon? }[] | — | |
maxItems | number | 4 | |
label | string | "Breadcrumb" | |
classNames | BreadcrumbClassNames; menuClassNames:MenuClassNames | — | |
style / ref | CSSProperties / native Ref | — | native nav |
Dependencies
lucide-react
Import
import { Breadcrumb } from "@/components/breadcrumb/breadcrumb";Get it
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