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There is a sidebar menu. Some menu items can be expanded and can contain child items.

As a user, you go to Settings and then General. Since there are no such a page as Settings, the breadcrumbs would show you Dashboard / General. The problem is that if you close the menu, the breadcrumbs Dashboard / General will not give you enough information on which part of the site you are currently located.

How to handle expandable menu items with breadcrumbs so the user always knows his location?

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    You could add the Settings to the breadcrumbs so its: Dashboard / Settings / General Or you could do it like this: Dashboard / General settings Dashboard / Privacy settings etc.
    – Pectoralis Major
    Commented Aug 8, 2017 at 9:49
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    @PectoralisMajor If I add Dashboard / Settings / General, there must be a page Settings which will be shown when you press Settings in breadcrumbs. But there are no such a page.
    – rpavl
    Commented Aug 8, 2017 at 9:58
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    What is the actual title of the page? So for accessibility purposes I assume a screenreader wouldn't just read out the <title> of being 'General'. And the H1 wouldn't just say 'General'. You need to name your pages a bit better and then this is less of an issue. 'General Settings' is better (but then just using the word 'general' isn't that intuitive). Basically, name your pages useful names. If this is a page directly off the Home then it'll be 'Dashboard / General Settings'
    – JonW ♦
    Commented Aug 8, 2017 at 10:06

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Simply rename the breadcrumb and (ideally) the title of the page from General to General Settings

Same goes for the rest: Privacy Settings, Notification Settings, Content Settings

Currently, the user sees the word General as the page title which is vague and confusing even with side menu open. The users shouldn't have to depend on the side-menu to realize where they are. The title and the breadcrumb kind of have that EXACT purpose (to make the user aware of where he/she is)

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You can remove the "dashboard" word in breadcrumbs and put the Settings word. If the user click in Settings breadcrumb the sidemenu comes back again with the current page pre-selected or highlighted.

Also is possible to add a grouped button with a independent dropdown button and link the General page to Settings level.enter image description here

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  • Are you suggesting that the breadcrumb triggers a side-menu to open? That's an interesting idea, but I've never seen that happen before anywhere. Do you know if this actually works well for users? Have you seen it before?
    – JonW ♦
    Commented Aug 9, 2017 at 14:19
  • The breadcrumbs is an location indicator of user within the app hierarchy but since that page doesn't exist that link can guide the user where that level lives (sidemenu) and show the underneath options from the Settings Group.
    – luxo
    Commented Aug 9, 2017 at 15:10

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