---
templateEngineOverride: njk
layout: layouts/page.njk
title: Breadcrumb
description: Displays the path to the current resource using a hierarchy of links.
toc:
  - label: Usage
    id: usage
---

{% from "macros/code_preview.njk" import code_preview %}
{% from "macros/code_block.njk" import code_block %}
{% from "dropdown-menu.njk" import dropdown_menu %}

<div class="alert mb-6">
  {% lucide "circle-alert" %}
  <h2>There is no dedicated Breadcrumb component in Basecoat.</h2>
</div>

{% set code_html %}
<ol class="text-muted-foreground flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5 text-sm break-words sm:gap-2.5">
  <li class="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5">
    <a href="#" class="hover:text-foreground transition-colors">Home</a>
  </li>
  <li>{% lucide "chevron-right", { "class": "size-3.5" } %}</li>
  <li class="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5">
    {% set trigger %}
      {% lucide "ellipsis" %}
    {% endset %}
    {% call dropdown_menu(
      id="demo-breadcrumb-menu",
      trigger=trigger,
      trigger_attrs={"class": "flex size-9 items-center justify-center h-4 w-4 hover:text-foreground cursor-pointer"}
    ) %}
      <nav role="menu">
        <button type="button" role="menuitem">Documentation</button>
        <button type="button" role="menuitem">Themes</button>
        <button type="button" role="menuitem">GitHub</button>
      </nav>
    {% endcall %}
  </li>
  <li>{% lucide "chevron-right", { "class": "size-3.5" } %}</li>
  <li class="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5">
    <a href="#" class="hover:text-foreground transition-colors">Components</a>
  </li>
  <li>{% lucide "chevron-right", { "class": "size-3.5" } %}</li>
  <li class="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5">
    <span class="text-foreground font-normal">Breadcrumb</span>
  </li>
</ol>
{% endset %}

{{ code_preview("dropdown-menu", code_html | prettyHtml) }}

<h2 id="usage"><a href="#usage">Usage</a></h2>

<section class="prose">
  <p>You can style an ordered list of links combined with chevron icons as show below. The example above demonstrates a more complex use case using the <a href="/components/dropdown-menu">Dropdown Menu</a> component.</p>
</section>

{% set code_simple %}
<ol class="text-muted-foreground flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5 text-sm break-words sm:gap-2.5">
  <li class="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5">
    <a href="#" class="hover:text-foreground transition-colors">Home</a>
  </li>
  <li>{% lucide "chevron-right", { "class": "size-3.5" } %}</li>
  <li class="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5">
    <a href="#" class="hover:text-foreground transition-colors">Components</a>
  </li>
</ol>
{% endset %}
{{ code_block(code_simple | prettyHtml, "html") }}