Breadcrumb - Ant Design

A breadcrumb displays the current location within a hierarchy. It allows going back to states higher up in the hierarchy.

When To Use

When the system has more than two layers in a hierarchy.
When you need to inform the user of where they are.
When the user may need to navigate back to a higher level.

// works when >=5.3.0, recommended ✅
return <Breadcrumb items={[{ title: 'sample' }]} />;

// works when <5.3.0, deprecated when >=5.3.0 🙅🏻‍♀️
return (
  <Breadcrumb>
    <Breadcrumb.Item>sample</Breadcrumb.Item>
  </Breadcrumb>
);

// or

return <Breadcrumb routes={[{ breadcrumbName: 'sample' }]} />;

Examples

The simplest use.

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React from 'react';
import { Breadcrumb } from 'antd';

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <Breadcrumb
    items={[
      {
        title: 'Home',
      },
      {
        title: <a href="">Application Center</a>,
      },
      {
        title: <a href="">Application List</a>,
      },
      {
        title: 'An Application',
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default App;

react-router V6

Used together with react-router@6+.

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React from 'react';
import { Alert, Breadcrumb } from 'antd';
import { HashRouter, Link, Route, Routes, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';

const Apps = () => (
  <ul className="app-list">
    <li>
      <Link to="/apps/1">Application1</Link>：<Link to="/apps/1/detail">Detail</Link>
    </li>
    <li>
      <Link to="/apps/2">Application2</Link>：<Link to="/apps/2/detail">Detail</Link>
    </li>
  </ul>
);

const breadcrumbNameMap: Record<string, string> = {
  '/apps': 'Application List',
  '/apps/1': 'Application1',
  '/apps/2': 'Application2',
  '/apps/1/detail': 'Detail',
  '/apps/2/detail': 'Detail',
};

const Home = () => {
  const location = useLocation();
  const pathSnippets = location.pathname.split('/').filter((i) => i);

  const extraBreadcrumbItems = pathSnippets.map((_, index) => {
    const url = `/${pathSnippets.slice(0, index + 1).join('/')}`;
    return {
      key: url,
      title: <Link to={url}>{breadcrumbNameMap[url]}</Link>,
    };
  });

  const breadcrumbItems = [
    {
      title: <Link to="/">Home</Link>,
      key: 'home',
    },
  ].concat(extraBreadcrumbItems);

  return (
    <div className="demo">
      <div className="demo-nav">
        <Link to="/">Home</Link>
        <Link to="/apps">Application List</Link>
      </div>
      <Routes>
        <Route path="/apps" element={<Apps />} />
        <Route path="*" element={<span>Home Page</span>} />
      </Routes>
      <Alert style={{ margin: '16px 0' }} message="Click the navigation above to switch:" />
      <Breadcrumb items={breadcrumbItems} />
    </div>
  );
};

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <HashRouter>
    <Home />
  </HashRouter>
);

export default App;
.demo {
  margin: 16px;
}
.demo-nav {
  height: 30px;
  margin-bottom: 16px;
  line-height: 30px;
  background: #f8f8f8;
}
.demo-nav a {
  padding: 0 8px;
  line-height: 30px;
}
.app-list {
  margin-top: 16px;
}

Bread crumbs with drop down menu

Breadcrumbs support drop down menu.

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React from 'react';
import { Breadcrumb } from 'antd';

const menuItems = [
  {
    key: '1',
    label: (
      <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.alipay.com/">
        General
      </a>
    ),
  },
  {
    key: '2',
    label: (
      <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.taobao.com/">
        Layout
      </a>
    ),
  },
  {
    key: '3',
    label: (
      <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.tmall.com/">
        Navigation
      </a>
    ),
  },
];

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <Breadcrumb
    items={[
      {
        title: 'Ant Design',
      },
      {
        title: <a href="">Component</a>,
      },
      {
        title: <a href="">General</a>,
        menu: { items: menuItems },
      },
      {
        title: 'Button',
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default App;

Origin routes debug.

TypeScript
JavaScript
import { Breadcrumb } from 'antd';
import React from 'react';

export default () => (
  <Breadcrumb
    routes={[
      {
        path: '/home',
        breadcrumbName: 'Home',
      },
      {
        path: '/user',
        breadcrumbName: 'User',
        children: [
          {
            path: '/user1',
            breadcrumbName: 'User1',
          },
          {
            path: '/user2',
            breadcrumbName: 'User2',
          },
        ],
      },
    ]}
  />
);

The icon should be placed in front of the text.

TypeScript
JavaScript
import { HomeOutlined, UserOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
import { Breadcrumb } from 'antd';
import React from 'react';

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <Breadcrumb
    items={[
      {
        href: '',
        title: <HomeOutlined />,
      },
      {
        href: '',
        title: (
          <>
            <UserOutlined />
            <span>Application List</span>
          </>
        ),
      },
      {
        title: 'Application',
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default App;

Configuring the Separator

The separator can be customized by setting the separator property: separator=">".

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React from 'react';
import { Breadcrumb } from 'antd';

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <Breadcrumb
    separator=">"
    items={[
      {
        title: 'Home',
      },
      {
        title: 'Application Center',
        href: '',
      },
      {
        title: 'Application List',
        href: '',
      },
      {
        title: 'An Application',
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default App;

Configuring the Separator

Customize separator for each other.

TypeScript
JavaScript
import { Breadcrumb } from 'antd';
import React from 'react';

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <Breadcrumb
    separator=""
    items={[
      {
        title: 'Location',
      },
      {
        type: 'separator',
        separator: ':',
      },
      {
        href: '',
        title: 'Application Center',
      },
      {
        type: 'separator',
      },
      {
        href: '',
        title: 'Application List',
      },
      {
        type: 'separator',
      },
      {
        title: 'An Application',
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default App;

API

Property	Description	Type	Default	Version
itemRender	Custom item renderer	(route, params, routes, paths) => ReactNode	-
params	Routing parameters	object	-
items	The routing stack information of router	items[]	-	5.3.0
separator	Custom separator	ReactNode	`/`

ItemType

type ItemType = RouteItemType | SeparatorType

RouteItemType

Property	Description	Type	Default	Version
className	The additional css class	string	-
dropdownProps	The dropdown props	Dropdown	-
href	Target of hyperlink	string	-
menu	The menu props	MenuProps	-	4.24.0
onClick	Set the handler to handle click event	(e:MouseEvent) => void	-
title	item name	ReactNode	-

SeparatorType

const item = {
  type: 'separator', // Must have
  separator: '/',
};

Property	Description	Type	Default	Version
type	Mark as separator	`separator`		5.3.0
separator	Custom separator	ReactNode	`/`	5.3.0

Use with browserHistory

The link of Breadcrumb item targets # by default, you can use itemRender to make a browserHistory Link.

import { Link } from 'react-router';

const items = [
  {
    path: 'index',
    title: 'home',
  },
  {
    path: 'first',
    title: 'first',
    children: [
      {
        path: '/general',
        title: 'General',
      },
      {
        path: '/layout',
        title: 'Layout',
      },
      {
        path: '/navigation',
        title: 'Navigation',
      },
    ],
  },
  {
    path: 'second',
    title: 'second',
  },
];
function itemRender(route, params, items, paths) {
  const last = items.indexOf(item) === items.length - 1;
  return last ? <span>{item.title}</span> : <Link to={paths.join('/')}>{item.title}</Link>;
}

return <Breadcrumb itemRender={itemRender} items={items} />;