Getting Started

4 Apr 202512 minutes to read

This section explains how to create a simple Breadcrumb, and configure its available functionalities in React.

Dependencies

The following list of dependencies are required to use the Breadcrumb component in your application.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-react-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-navigations
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-data
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-inputs
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-lists
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-popups
            |-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons

Setup your development environment

You can use Create-react-app to setup
the applications.

To install create-react-app run the following command.

npm install -g create-react-app

Start a new project using create-react-app command as follows

```bash create-react-app quickstart --scripts-version=react-scripts-ts cd quickstart ```
```bash create-react-app quickstart cd quickstart ```

‘react-scripts-ts’ is used for creating React app with typescript.

Adding Syncfusion® packages

All the available Essential® JS 2 packages are published in npmjs.com public registry.

To install Breadcrumb component, use the following command

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations --save

The above command installs Breadcrumb dependencies which are required to render the component in the React environment.

Adding Style sheet to the Application

Add Breadcrumb component’s styles as given below in App.css.

@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";

Add Breadcrumb to the project

Now, you can create Breadcrumb component in the application. Add Breadcrumb component in src/App.tsx file using the following code snippet.

import { BreadcrumbComponent, BreadcrumbItemDirective, BreadcrumbItemsDirective } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';

function App() {

    return (<BreadcrumbComponent enableNavigation={false} > </BreadcrumbComponent>);
}
export default App;
import { BreadcrumbComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
function App() {
    return (<BreadcrumbComponent enableNavigation={false}> </BreadcrumbComponent>);
}
export default App;

Run the application

Run the application in the browser using the following command:

npm start

The following example shows a basic Breadcrumb component.

import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { BreadcrumbComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
enableRipple(true);
function App() {
    return (<BreadcrumbComponent enableNavigation={false}> </BreadcrumbComponent>);
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { BreadcrumbComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
enableRipple(true);

function App() {

    return (
            <BreadcrumbComponent enableNavigation={false}> </BreadcrumbComponent>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />,document.getElementById('element'));

Add Items to the Breadcrumb Component

Use items property to bind items for Breadcrumb component. The below example demonstrates the basic rendering of Breadcrumb with items support.

import { BreadcrumbComponent, BreadcrumbItemDirective, BreadcrumbItemsDirective } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
function App() {
    return (<BreadcrumbComponent enableNavigation={false}>
            <BreadcrumbItemsDirective>
                <BreadcrumbItemDirective iconCss="e-icons e-home" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/react.html#platform"/>
                <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Components" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/react/demos/#/material/grid/overview/"/>
                <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Navigations" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/react/demos/#/material/menu/default"/>
                <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Breadcrumb" url="./breadcrumb/default"/>
            </BreadcrumbItemsDirective>
        </BreadcrumbComponent>);
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));
import { BreadcrumbComponent, BreadcrumbItemDirective, BreadcrumbItemsDirective } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';

function App() {

    return (
        <BreadcrumbComponent enableNavigation={false}>
            <BreadcrumbItemsDirective>
                <BreadcrumbItemDirective iconCss="e-icons e-home" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/react.html#platform" />
                <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Components" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/react/demos/#/material/grid/overview/" />
                <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Navigations" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/react/demos/#/material/menu/default" />
                <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Breadcrumb" url="./breadcrumb/default" />
            </BreadcrumbItemsDirective>
        </BreadcrumbComponent>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />,document.getElementById('element'));

Enable or Disable Navigation

This feature enables or disables the item navigation. By default, the navigation will be enabled when setting Url property. To prevent breadcrumb item navigation, set enableNavigation property as false in Breadcrumb. The below example shows enabling and disabling the navigation of Breadcrumb items.

import { BreadcrumbComponent, BreadcrumbItemDirective, BreadcrumbItemsDirective } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
function App() {
    return (<div id="breadcrumb-control">
            <div><b>EnableNavigation - false</b></div><br />
            <BreadcrumbComponent enableNavigation={false}>
                <BreadcrumbItemsDirective>
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective iconCss="e-icons e-home" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/react.html#platform"/>
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Components" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/react/demos/#/material/grid/overview/"/>
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Navigations" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/react/demos/#/material/menu/default"/>
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Breadcrumb" url="./breadcrumb/default"/>
                </BreadcrumbItemsDirective>
            </BreadcrumbComponent>
            <br />
            <br />
            <div><b>EnableNavigation - true</b></div><br />
            <BreadcrumbComponent enableNavigation={true}>
                <BreadcrumbItemsDirective>
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective iconCss="e-icons e-home" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/react.html#platform"/>
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Components" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/react/demos/#/material/grid/overview/"/>
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Navigations" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/react/demos/#/material/menu/default"/>
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Breadcrumb" url="./breadcrumb/default"/>
                </BreadcrumbItemsDirective>
            </BreadcrumbComponent>
        </div>);
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));
import { BreadcrumbComponent, BreadcrumbItemDirective, BreadcrumbItemsDirective } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';

function App() {

    return (
        <div id="breadcrumb-control">
            <div><b>EnableNavigation - false</b></div><br />
            <BreadcrumbComponent enableNavigation={false}>
                <BreadcrumbItemsDirective>
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective iconCss="e-icons e-home" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/react.html#platform" />
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Components" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/react/demos/#/material/grid/overview/" />
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Navigations" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/react/demos/#/material/menu/default" />
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Breadcrumb" url="./breadcrumb/default" />
                </BreadcrumbItemsDirective>
            </BreadcrumbComponent>
            <br />
            <br/>
            <div><b>EnableNavigation - true</b></div><br />
            <BreadcrumbComponent enableNavigation={true}>
                <BreadcrumbItemsDirective>
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective iconCss="e-icons e-home" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/react.html#platform" />
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Components" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/react/demos/#/material/grid/overview/" />
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Navigations" url="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/react/demos/#/material/menu/default" />
                    <BreadcrumbItemDirective text="Breadcrumb" url="./breadcrumb/default" />
                </BreadcrumbItemsDirective>
            </BreadcrumbComponent>
        </div>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />,document.getElementById('element'));