A breadcrumb trail is a useful way of navigating a website. Taken from the childrenâ€(tm)s fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel, a breadcrumb trail allows you retrace your steps through the website by a series of links at the top of the page that show where you currently are in the website. If you were on the main Campaigning page on this website, then you would see the breadcrumb trail as: RNID How we help Campaigning
a list of text, usually linked, that highlights to the user where they are in a site
a little text-based line that shows you the click path you took to get the your current page
a navigation device that informs the user where they are in the structure of your site, in relation to the home page
a navigation device that shows the user where they are in the site structure
a path of the components of the navigation menu that leads to the current page
a record of the links you have clicked to get where you are
a series of links at the top of a web page that represents the current page's location in the web site structure
a series of links detailing the pages the user passed through to get to the current page, or the path down a hierarchy as laid out by the page designer(s)
The breadcrumb trail displays all levels of the hierarchy above the current location, showing the route a user has taken, and the context of the current page. Breadcrumbs allow users to backtrack and to move up the site hierarchy.
a horizontal list of web site section headings that indicates where the current page is in relation to the web site's hierarchy. Breadcrumbs may also be active links to the specified sections of the site, permitting users to navigate upwards in the site hierarchy. Even without being hyperlinked, breadcrumbs can provide a visual cue to orient the user within the structure of the web site.
