---
category: Components
type: Navigation
title: Breadcrumb
---

A breadcrumb displays the current location within a hierarchy. It allows going back to states higher up in the hierarchy.

## When To Use

- When the system has more than two layers in a hierarchy.
- When you need to inform the user of where they are.
- When the user may need to navigate back to a higher level.
- When the application has multi-layer architecture.

## API

| Property | Description | Type | Optional | Default | Version |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| itemRender | Custom item renderer | (route, params, routes, paths) => ReactNode |  | - |  |
| params | Routing parameters | object |  | - |  |
| routes | The routing stack information of router | [routes\[\]](#routes) |  | - |  |
| separator | Custom separator | string\|ReactNode |  | `/` |  |

### Use with browserHistory

The link of Breadcrumb item targets `#` by default, you can use `itemRender` to make a `browserHistory` Link.

```jsx
import { Link } from 'react-router';

const routes = [
  {
    path: 'index',
    breadcrumbName: 'home',
  },
  {
    path: 'first',
    breadcrumbName: 'first',
    children: [
      {
        path: '/general',
        breadcrumbName: 'General',
      },
      {
        path: '/layout',
        breadcrumbName: 'Layout',
      },
      {
        path: '/navigation',
        breadcrumbName: 'Navigation',
      },
    ],
  },
  {
    path: 'second',
    breadcrumbName: 'second',
  },
];
function itemRender(route, params, routes, paths) {
  const last = routes.indexOf(route) === routes.length - 1;
  return last ? (
    <span>{route.breadcrumbName}</span>
  ) : (
    <Link to={paths.join('/')}>{route.breadcrumbName}</Link>
  );
}

return <Breadcrumb itemRender={itemRender} routes={routes} />;
```