Breadcrumb

Collapsing Breadcrumb

A breadcrumb that collapses in the middle rather than truncating at the end: the root and the current level always survive.

  • breadcrumb
  • navigation
  • path
  • aria

Preview

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Use it with AI

  1. 1. Copy the link.
  2. 2. Write to your agent in your own words and drop the link into the sentence.
  3. 3. The agent opens the link and installs the component from the registry.

put this in the header: https://vibeui.ru/c/breadcrumb-001?lang=en

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What the link says, spelled out. Use it when your agent cannot open links — paste this text instead.

# Install and place "breadcrumb-001" (Collapsing Breadcrumb) from VibeUI

## 1. Install first — do not skip, do not recreate
Run this exact command before writing any code:
npx shadcn@latest add https://vibeui.ru/r/breadcrumb-001.json

Registry item: https://vibeui.ru/r/breadcrumb-001.json
Installs to: components/vibeui/breadcrumb-001.tsx (the exact path follows this project's components.json aliases).
npm dependencies: none.
Registry dependencies: none.

Install it from the registry. Do not recreate it from the description,
do not substitute a similar component from another library, and do not
rewrite it to match the project's existing style.

## 2. What it is
A breadcrumb that collapses in the middle rather than truncating at the end: the root and the current level always survive.

A breadcrumb that collapses its middle: on a long path the root, an ellipsis and the last levels remain. The current level is not a link and carries aria-current. The separators are drawn in CSS. Zero dependencies, one file, its own palette, no client JS.

## 3. How to use it
import { Breadcrumb001 } from "@/components/vibeui/breadcrumb-001"

<Breadcrumb001
  items={[
    { label: "Projects", href: "/projects" },
    { label: "Studio site", href: "/projects/studio" },
    { label: "Home" },
  ]}
/>

Read the installed file for the full prop list.

## 4. Where to place it
This is a small inline component. Put it exactly where the user asked,
inside the existing markup. Do not create a new page, section or
wrapper for it. If a similar control already sits in that spot,
replace it instead of adding a second one.

Placement: ___
(The user fills this line in. If it is still blank, ask where to put it
instead of guessing.)

## 5. Keep exactly as installed
- the local --vibeui-breadcrumb-001-* palette — do not swap it for your theme tokens (text-muted-foreground and the like)
- collapsing the middle specifically: truncating the end hides the current level, the one thing that says where the user is
- the <nav> + <ol> semantics with a label: this is a list of levels, not a pile of links
- the current level as text with aria-current="page" rather than a link to itself
- aria-hidden on the separators: a screen reader should not read "arrow" between levels
- the ellipsis as a non-interactive mark: a menu that expands it is a different component
- the <style> block inside the component — it holds the palette, the separators and the label truncation

## 6. You may change
- the items array: labels and hrefs; the last item needs no href
- maxVisible — how many levels show before collapsing
- the accent through the accent prop — it colours the focus ring
- outer spacing through className

## 7. Rules
- A breadcrumb shows position in the site structure, not browsing history. Do not build it from the history stack.
- Do not make it the only way back on mobile: the platform back gesture already covers that.
- The collapse counts levels, not real width. For very long labels lower maxVisible.
- Do not lift the CSS variables into globals.css: the component has to stay a single file.

## 8. Verify
- it renders with no console errors;
- it looks like the preview on the VibeUI page you copied this from;
- if it does not, you changed something listed in section 5 — put it back.

For developers

npx shadcn@latest add https://vibeui.ru/r/breadcrumb-001.json
https://vibeui.ru/r/breadcrumb-001.json

Компонент самодостаточен: один файл, без зависимостей, собственная палитра в локальных переменных --vibeui-breadcrumb-001-*. Разметка семантическая: <nav> с подписью, внутри <ol> — порядок уровней имеет значение. Текущий уровень не ссылка и помечен aria-current="page". Разделитель — грань квадрата, повёрнутая на 45°, поэтому шрифтовые символы и иконки не нужны. Свёртка считается по maxVisible: первый уровень, многоточие, затем последние.

Component source

The same file your agent installs. Here in case you would rather copy it by hand.

import type { ComponentPropsWithoutRef, CSSProperties } from "react"

export type Breadcrumb001Item = {
  label: string
  href?: string
}

export type Breadcrumb001Props = Omit<
  ComponentPropsWithoutRef<"nav">,
  "children"
> & {
  items?: Breadcrumb001Item[]
  /** Сколько уровней показывать целиком. Середина сворачивается в многоточие. */
  maxVisible?: number
  accent?: string
}

// Идея компонента: длинный путь сворачивается посередине, а не обрезается
// с конца. Первый и последний уровни — самые нужные: откуда пришли и где
// находимся; их и оставляем, а середину прячем за многоточием.
const STYLES = `
:where([data-vibeui-block="breadcrumb-001"]){
--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-surface:oklch(1 0 0);
--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-surface-border:oklch(0.91 0.006 265);
--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-fg:oklch(0.28 0.016 265);
--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-muted:oklch(0.55 0.014 265);
--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-accent:oklch(0.55 0.2 262);
--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-font:ui-sans-serif,system-ui,-apple-system,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;
}
/* Собственная подложка: крошки — это текст, и на тёмной странице
   он обязан читаться без правки палитры проекта. */
[data-vibeui-block="breadcrumb-001"]{
box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.5rem 0.75rem;
background:var(--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-surface);
border:1px solid var(--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-surface-border);border-radius:0.625rem;
font-family:var(--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-font);font-size:0.8125rem;line-height:1.4;
}
[data-vibeui-block="breadcrumb-001"] ol{
display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;align-items:center;gap:0.375rem;
margin:0;padding:0;list-style:none;
}
[data-vibeui-block="breadcrumb-001"] li{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:0.375rem;min-width:0}
[data-vibeui-block="breadcrumb-001"] a{
color:var(--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-muted);text-decoration:none;
border-radius:0.25rem;
transition:color .16s ease;
}
[data-vibeui-block="breadcrumb-001"] a:hover{color:var(--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-fg)}
[data-vibeui-block="breadcrumb-001"] a:focus-visible{outline:2px solid var(--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-accent);outline-offset:2px}
/* Текущий уровень — не ссылка: на страницу, где стоишь, не переходят. */
[data-vibeui-block="breadcrumb-001"] [data-part="current"]{
color:var(--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-fg);font-weight:500;
overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;
}
[data-vibeui-block="breadcrumb-001"] [data-part="ellipsis"]{color:var(--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-muted);letter-spacing:0.05em}
/* Разделитель — грань квадрата: одна фигура вместо шрифтового символа. */
[data-vibeui-block="breadcrumb-001"] [data-part="sep"]{
width:0.3125rem;height:0.3125rem;flex:none;
border-right:1.5px solid var(--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-muted);
border-top:1.5px solid var(--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-muted);
transform:rotate(45deg);opacity:.7;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){[data-vibeui-block="breadcrumb-001"] *{animation:none!important;transition:none!important}}
`

const DEFAULT_ITEMS: Breadcrumb001Item[] = [
  { label: "Проекты", href: "#" },
  { label: "Студия «Полёт»", href: "#" },
  { label: "Сайт студии", href: "#" },
  { label: "Страницы", href: "#" },
  { label: "Главная" },
]

/**
 * Хлебные крошки, сворачивающиеся посередине.
 * Один файл, ноль зависимостей, собственная палитра.
 */
export function Breadcrumb001({
  items = DEFAULT_ITEMS,
  maxVisible = 3,
  accent,
  className,
  style,
  ...props
}: Breadcrumb001Props) {
  const palette = {
    ...(accent ? { "--vibeui-breadcrumb-001-accent": accent } : null),
    ...style,
  } as CSSProperties

  const collapsed = items.length > maxVisible
  const visible = collapsed
    ? [items[0], ...items.slice(items.length - (maxVisible - 1))]
    : items
  const ellipsisAfter = collapsed ? 0 : -1

  return (
    <>
      <style href="vibeui-breadcrumb-001" precedence="medium">
        {STYLES}
      </style>
      <nav
        {...props}
        data-vibeui-block="breadcrumb-001"
        aria-label="Хлебные крошки"
        className={className}
        style={palette}
      >
        <ol>
          {visible.map((item, index) => {
            const last = index === visible.length - 1

            return (
              <li key={`${item.label}-${index}`}>
                {item.href && !last ? (
                  <a href={item.href}>{item.label}</a>
                ) : (
                  <span
                    data-part="current"
                    aria-current={last ? "page" : undefined}
                  >
                    {item.label}
                  </span>
                )}
                {index === ellipsisAfter ? (
                  <>
                    <span data-part="sep" aria-hidden="true" />
                    <span data-part="ellipsis" aria-hidden="true">
                      …
                    </span>
                  </>
                ) : null}
                {last ? null : <span data-part="sep" aria-hidden="true" />}
              </li>
            )
          })}
        </ol>
      </nav>
    </>
  )
}