Questions tagged [breadcrumbs]
"Breadcrumbs" or "breadcrumb trail" is a navigation aid used in user interfaces. It allows users to keep track of their locations within programs or documents.
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Breadcrumb menu in the footer
I'm a big fan of the Apple web site. However, I was wondering why they have put their breadcrumb menu in the footer. I thought the idea of the breadcrumb menu was to let the visitors to get a quick ...
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In breadcrumbs in a CMS what should I use as the page name
In our content management system, users can create/delete/edit pages for their website. When editing a page we like to show breadcrumbs. For example someone creates an about-us page.
Should the ...
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Back button (or similar) and breadcrumbs, or just breadcrumbs
Should a website that keeps track of 'Breadcrumbs' need to provide a back button, or similar means of returning to the parent page on each 'subpage'?
To give a visual example:
Here is my main page
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Breadcrumbs and selected page
I have a unique situation (if there is another post here outlining it please link to me so I can remove mine).
I have a menubar at the top of my page with six links in it. Each link will take you to ...
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Combining breadcrumb and selected facets/filters into one
Given a site with faceted-search, etc. I want to display the facets a user has selected, not only as part of the faceted-navigation controls (left vertical) but also at the top of the page.
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Breadcrumbs: OK to use on mobile site?
Wondering if anyone has thoughts on using breadcrumbs as a method of navigation on a mobile website (for a content site).
The breadcrumbs would show the heirarchy of the site as such:
Site > ...
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Does it work to use a heading as a backlink/breadcrumb on landing pages?
On landing pages where there are many ways to get there (email, multiple index pages), we want to funnel users back to a single index. We currently use a breadcrumb at the top to indicate the ...
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Is there a better solution to interact with multiple pathways that have the same endpoint, than using multiple breadcrumbs inside tabs or a dropdown?
I need to convert data of a structure similar to this:
into an interactive, HTML widget.
This widget will allow users to start from the end node (which I'm calling 'shirley' here) and work back ...
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Too many navigation levels?
Do you thing the user workflow is too "busy" on the screenshot below?
The idea is to bring a user through all the the tabs. The workflow would be:
Use the main tabs (vertical or horizontal..not sure ...
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Breadcrumb or tabbed form or best of both?
We have a web application that allows users to query a database.
The results are returned in a breadcrumb style interface.
We brought this change in at a new version, and our users have been ...
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Better approach to blue/underlined for link?
We have a web application that allows users to query a database.
The results are returned in a breadcrumb style interface.
We brought this change in at a new version, and assumed it was self-...
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Why is it called a breadcrumb?
When Hansel and Gretel laid down a bread crumb trail, the birds ate it and they got lost. The pebble trail is what got them home.
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How should a breadcrumb behave?
What is the expected action when a breadcrumb is clicked?
I have a hierarchy of data that includes meta descriptors such as:
PersonName / Assets / House
I have a page for a list of Assets, a home ...
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Should breadcrumb menus ever be two lines?
Should a long breadcrumb menu ever spill into a second line? If so, what are some good examples of this done right so that it looks decent? If not, what are other solutions that can solve the length ...
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Breadcrumbs: ok to place at the top of a page?
Should breadcrumbs ever be placed at the very top-left of a page?
Breadcrumbs seem to always be located either directly below the nav menu or above the page content. An article from 1stWebDesigner ...
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