title: Breadcrumb
description: Indicate the current page's location within a navigational hierarchy that automatically adds separators via CSS.
group: components
+toc: true
---
## Example
+Use an ordered or unordered list with linked list items to create a minimally styled breadcrumb. Use our utilities to add additional styles as desired.
+
{{< example >}}
<nav aria-label="breadcrumb">
<ol class="breadcrumb">
</nav>
{{< /example >}}
-## Changing the separator
+## Dividers
+
+Dividers are automatically added in CSS through [`::before`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/::before) and [`content`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/content). They can be changed by modifying a local CSS custom property `--bs-breadcrumb-divider`, or through the `$breadcrumb-divider` Sass variable. We default to our Sass variable, which is set as a fallback to the custom property. This way, you get a global divider that you can override without recompiling CSS at any time.
+
+{{< example >}}
+<nav style="--bs-breadcrumb-divider: '>';" aria-label="breadcrumb">
+ <ol class="breadcrumb">
+ <li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
+ <li class="breadcrumb-item active" aria-current="page">Library</li>
+ </ol>
+</nav>
+{{< /example >}}
-Separators are automatically added in CSS through [`::before`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/::before) and [`content`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/content). They can be changed by changing `$breadcrumb-divider`. The [quote](https://sass-lang.com/documentation/modules/string#quote) function is needed to generate the quotes around a string, so if you want `>` as separator, you can use this:
+When modifying via Sass, the [quote](https://sass-lang.com/documentation/modules/string#quote) function is required to generate the quotes around a string. For example, using `>` as the divider, you can use this:
```scss
$breadcrumb-divider: quote(">");
```
-It's also possible to use an **embedded SVG icon**:
+It's also possible to use an **embedded SVG icon**. Apply it via our CSS custom property, or use the Sass variable.
+
+{{< example >}}
+<nav style="--bs-breadcrumb-divider: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='8' height='8'%3E%3Cpath d='M2.5 0L1 1.5 3.5 4 1 6.5 2.5 8l4-4-4-4z' fill='currentColor'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");" aria-label="breadcrumb">
+ <ol class="breadcrumb">
+ <li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
+ <li class="breadcrumb-item active" aria-current="page">Library</li>
+ </ol>
+</nav>
+{{< /example >}}
```scss
$breadcrumb-divider: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='8' height='8'%3E%3Cpath d='M2.5 0L1 1.5 3.5 4 1 6.5 2.5 8l4-4-4-4z' fill='currentColor'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
```
-The separator can be removed by setting `$breadcrumb-divider` to `none`:
+You can also remove the divider setting `--bs-breadcrumb-divider: ;` (empty strings in CSS custom properties counts as a value), or setting the Sass variable to `$breadcrumb-divider: none;`.
+
+{{< example >}}
+<nav style="--bs-breadcrumb-divider: ;" aria-label="breadcrumb">
+ <ol class="breadcrumb">
+ <li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
+ <li class="breadcrumb-item active" aria-current="page">Library</li>
+ </ol>
+</nav>
+{{< /example >}}
+
```scss
$breadcrumb-divider: none;