Getting Started

28 Jun 202513 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

To easily set up a React application, use create-vite-app, which provides a faster development environment, smaller bundle sizes, and optimized builds compared to traditional tools like create-react-app. For detailed steps, refer to the Vite installation instructions. Vite sets up your environment using JavaScript and optimizes your application for production.

Note: To create a React application using create-react-app, refer to this documentation for more details.

To create a new React application, run the following command.

npm create vite@latest my-app

To set-up a React application in TypeScript environment, run the following command.

npm create vite@latest my-app -- --template react-ts
cd my-app
npm run dev

To set-up a React application in JavaScript environment, run the following command.

npm create vite@latest my-app -- --template react
cd my-app
npm run dev

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";

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

Now run the npm run dev command in the console to start the development server. This command compiles your code and serves the application locally, opening it in the browser.

npm run dev

The following example shows a basic Breadcrumb component.

app.jsx
app.tsx
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'));

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

app.jsx
app.tsx
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.

app.jsx
app.tsx
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'));