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Breadcrumbs are a secondary navigation component used to show a user's location in a hierarchical structure. They communicate the path a user has taken to the current page and offer a quick way to navigate back up the path.
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Item | Type | Notes |
1. Page name | Link | |
2. Divider | Simple text | |
3. Overflow indicator | Button | |
4. Overflow list | Dropdown |
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Screenshot taken from Figma appears to have no focus state for the dark mode. Needs questioning.
Behaviour
General:
The current page is always the last item in the list and breadcrumbs should never display children of the current page unless it’s proximate to the page title (see visibility controls).
Breadcrumbs should never wrap onto a new line. If the width of the breadcrumbs breaks out of the parent container (or max width), breadcrumbs should adopt the overflow behaviour (see overflow).
TDB whether breadcrumbs adopt the max with of their parent container or have a specified max width (similar to max with of content)
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Key | Interaction |
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Tab | Move focus to next item |
Shift + Tab | Move focus to previous item |
Enter or Space | Selects item and navigates to location. If focus is on truncation menu, opens the menu. |
Up/Down Arrow | When menu is open, up and down arrow navigate through the menu items. |
ESC | When menu is open, closes the menu. |
*TDB - Discuss esc behaviour in more details
Breadcrumbs should be wrapped in a
navlandmark and marked witharia-label="breadcrumbs"Use
olto denote link hierarchyadd
aria-current='location'to the current page link.
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