Indicate the current page's location within a navigational hierarchy. Separators are automatically added in CSS through ::before and content.
Examples
<ol class="breadcrumb" role="navigation" aria-label="breadcrumb">
<li class="breadcrumb-item active" aria-current="page">Home</li>
</ol>
<ol class="breadcrumb" role="navigation" aria-label="breadcrumb">
<li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li class="breadcrumb-item active" aria-current="page">Library</li>
</ol>
<ol class="breadcrumb" role="navigation" aria-label="breadcrumb">
<li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="#">Library</a></li>
<li class="breadcrumb-item active" aria-current="page">Data</li>
</ol>
Similar to our navigation components, breadcrumbs work fine with or without the usage of list markup.
<nav class="breadcrumb" aria-label="breadcrumb">
<a class="breadcrumb-item" href="#">Home</a>
<a class="breadcrumb-item" href="#">Library</a>
<a class="breadcrumb-item" href="#">Data</a>
<span class="breadcrumb-item active" aria-current="page">Bootstrap</span>
</nav>
Accessibility
Since breadcrumbs provide a navigation, it’s a good idea to add a meaningful label such as aria-label="breadcrumb" to describe the type of navigation provided in the <nav> element, as well as applying an aria-current="page" to the last item of the set to indicate that it represents the current page.
For more information, see the WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices for the breadcrumb pattern.