Breadcrumbs

Best Practices

  • Breadcrumbs should not replace primary navigation.
  • You can have one Breadcrumb to show that the user is one-level deep.
  • In this case, clicking the single, stand-alone Breadcrumb would act as a Back button to lead the user to the previous screen.
  • Place Breadcrumbs near the top of the page.
  • Show hierarchy, not history.
  • Keep Breadcrumb titles short but descriptive.
  • Do not use Breadcrumbs if you are taking users through a multi-step process (use a Step Counter for this).