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Questions tagged [breadcrumbs]

"Breadcrumbs" or "breadcrumb trail" is a navigation aid used in user interfaces. It allows users to keep track of their locations within programs or documents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadcrumb_%28navigation%29

There are three types of web breadcrumbs:

  • Path: path breadcrumbs are dynamic and show the path that the user has taken to arrive at a page.
  • Location: location breadcrumbs are static and show where the page is located in the website hierarchy.
  • Attribute: attribute breadcrumbs give information that categorizes the current page.
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Breadcrumb history decision

Imagine that we have the following example: We have a customer that has documents and accounts and we provide two ways to reach the documents or accounts, either from: MAIN -> CUSTOMER -> Documents -> View Document with ID MAIN -> CUSTOMER ->…
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Is "You are here" in breadcrumbs redundant or necessary?

In breadcrumbs, is it necessary to indicate that "You are here"? Is it redundant? Is it already understood without that phrase?
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Best practices in designing bread crumbs

I'm working on a website with large number of pages and trying to add a breadcrumb. These are a few things i found from researching internet. Are these best practices? Is there a better guideline in doing this? Should there be underlines for the…
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Is there a better solution to interact with multiple pathways that have the same endpoint, than using multiple breadcrumbs inside tabs or a dropdown?

I need to convert data of a structure similar to this: into an interactive, HTML widget. This widget will allow users to start from the end node (which I'm calling 'shirley' here) and work back to the beginning by choosing any one of the many…
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How can many separate breadcrumb paths be shown in a list?

Say for example we have Path A > Path A1 > Path A2 > Final Thing A and Path B > Path B1 > Path B2 > Final Thing B and these are things that can be selected by a user up to n times and then placed in a list. Currently our UI for the list is…
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Different approach to breadcrumbs

I'm currently working on a website with a huge amount of content, exploring how breadcrumbs can be used more effectively. The website uses very traditional breadcrumbs currently: One > Two > Three > Current page. However, I've come across this…
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Breadcrumbs for posts that belong to a few categories

Let say I have a post that belongs to 2 categories ("Queries" and "MySql"), and a tree structure is like that: Programming>>Web>>Php>>Queries>>My Post Programming>>DB>>MySql>>My Post I doubt, what is the best way (in terms of UX) to present both…
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Alternative to breadcrumbs in navigating groups of content

I'm looking for other ways on how to help User easily navigate groups. Instead of going back to 'All Groups' via breadcrumbs, User may want to go directly to Group 9 while he/she is on Group 1 Details Page. Solution 1: I thought of adding a…
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Best location for breadcrumb in a blog

Are breadcrumbs still necessary based on current UX trends? So for my site: for a single blog post, the level would be Home > Parent Category > Child Category > Blog Post. If I were to put such breadcrumb on top of the blog post, it would look…
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Is it ok to show all the subsections in a breadcrumb navbar?

I have the following hierarchy Home Page -> Tools ->-> Campaign Editor ->-> Scheduling ->-> Packs -> Analytics ->-> User ->-> Campaigns ->-> Packs Is it ok to have a breadcrumb navigation like this: Home Page > User > Campaigns > Packs Instead…
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Are the breadcrumbs correct here?

I am wondering if the breadcrumbs I put there are correct. As far as I know breadcrumbs are supposed to show the longest path a user can go to a particular place. So here it is. However I'm not sure it's correct considering my navigation. I have a…
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Working with location-based breadcrumbs when you are missing some parent pages

So I am working on a small LMS system and am I trying to find a way make it easier to navigate the system using breadcrumbs. When the admin logs in, he starts on the Courses page which presents a listing of all the courses. For each course in the…
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Breadcrumbs in account - necessary?

I absolutely understand the need for breadcrumbs and have found them to definitely improve e-comm performance, however I am struggling how much I need in account settings. As the only parents links would be account (dashboard) or home, which can…
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Breadcrumbs with action menu - what are the best practices?

I am curious about best practices for visualizing additional actions in breadrumbs. Details: the user should be able to copy the IDs of the elements from the breadcrumbs. Is it a good way to add such a solution as in the screenshot? Or is it better…
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Should I use breadcrumbs when they are valid on only a few pages throughout the website?

I am currently working on a website that does not have a lot of content. I've read that breadcrumbs should be used when there's 2+ levels of content. In my case mostly there are just two levels - home page and its subpages. But then there's Support…
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