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).