How to use Breadcrumbs Component in Material UI ?

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Breadcrumbs allow users to make selections from a range of values. Material UI for React has this component available for us, and it is very easy to integrate. We can use Breadcrumbs Component in ReactJS using the following approach.

Creating React Application And Installing Module:

Step 1: Create a React application using the following command.

npx create-react-app foldername

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. foldername, move to it using the following command.

cd foldername

Step 3: After creating the ReactJS application, Install the material-ui modules using the following command.

npm install @mui/material

Project Structure: It will look like the following.

Project Structure

Example 1: In this example, we will create a simple breadcrumb application of different links. Please update App.js like below.

Filename: App.js

Javascript

import { Breadcrumbs, Link, Typography } from "@mui/material";
import React from "react";
 
const App = () => {
    return (
        <div
            style={{
                margin: "auto",
                display: "table",
            }}
        >
            <h4>How to use Breadcrumbs in ReactJS?</h4>
            <Breadcrumbs aria-label="breadcrumb">
                <Link
                    color="inherit"
                    href="/"
                    onClick={(event) => {
                        event.preventDefault();
                        alert("Home Page Clicked");
                    }}
                >
                    Home Page
                </Link>
                <Link
                    color="inherit"
                    href="/getting-started/installation/"
                    onClick={(event) => {
                        event.preventDefault();
                        alert("Dashboard Clicked");
                    }}
                >
                    Dashboard
                </Link>
                <Typography color="textPrimary">
                    Breadcrumb
                </Typography>
            </Breadcrumbs>
        </div>
    );
};
 
export default App;

Step to Run Application: Run the application using the following command from the root directory of the project:

npm start

Output: Now open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/, you will see the following output.

Example 2: In this example, we will create a collapsed breadcrumb application of different links with the help of maxItems props of the Breadcrumbs component. Please update App.js like the below.

Filename: App.js

Javascript

import { Breadcrumbs, Link, Typography } from "@mui/material";
import React from "react";
 
const App = () => {
    return (
        <div
            style={{
                margin: "auto",
                display: "table",
            }}
        >
            <h4>How to use Breadcrumbs in ReactJS?</h4>
            <Breadcrumbs aria-label="breadcrumb" maxItems={2}>
                <Link
                    color="inherit"
                >
                    Home Page
                </Link>
                <Link
                    color="inherit"
                >
                    Dashboard
                </Link>
                <Link
                    color="inherit"
                >
                    About
                </Link>
                <Link
                    color="inherit"
                >
                    Careers
                </Link>
                <Link
                    color="inherit"
                >
                    Contact
                </Link>
                <Typography color="textPrimary">
                    Breadcrumb
                </Typography>
            </Breadcrumbs>
        </div>
    );
};
 
export default App;