How to create breadcrumbs in react js?

November 21, 2024

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To create breadcrumbs in react js, you have to use "react-router-dom" package. It will create breadcrumbs in react js.

Today, I am going to show you, how to create breadcrumbs in react js.

Installation

Install the following packages to use react-router-dom in react js.

npm

npm install react-router-dom

yarn

yarn install react-router-dom

Table of contents

Install and create a new React app.
Import react component.
Create a Component.

Let’s start with the first step.

Step 1: Install and create a new React app.

First you have to install the React project. You should use create-react-app command to create a new React project.

npx create-react-app my-app
cd my-app
npm start

Step 2: Import react component.

After installing, you have to import your React component.

import Breadcrumb from "./Breadcrumb";
import { Outlet } from "react-router-dom";
import "./App.css";

Step 3: Create a Component.

You have to use the <Link> tag to create links for the pages to create breadcrumbs in react js.

<div className="background">
      <ul className="text" >
        <Link
          to={"home"}
         >
          Home 
        </Link>
        /
        <Link
          to={"products"}
          >
          Products
        </Link> 
      /
        <Link
          to={"about"}
          >
          About
        </Link>
        /
        <Link
          to={"faq"}
          >
          FAQ
        </Link>
      </ul>
</div>

create breadcrumbs example.

The below code is an example of a React. You have to import react and use "react-router-dom" package to create breadcrumbs in react js.

App.js

import { BrowserRouter, Navigate, Route, Routes } from "react-router-dom";

import About from "./About";
import FAQ from "./FAQ";
import Home from "./Home";
import Homepage from "./Homepage";
import Products from "./Products";
import "./App.css";

function App() {
  return (
    <BrowserRouter >
      <Routes > 
        <Route index element={<Navigate replace to="home" />} />
        <Route path="/" element={<Home />}>
          <Route path="home" element={<Homepage />} />
          <Route path="products" element={<Products />} />
          <Route path="about" element={<About />} />
          <Route path="faq" element={<FAQ />} />
        </Route>
      </Routes>
    </BrowserRouter>
  );
}

export default App;

App.css

.body{
  background-color: #e5e7eb;
  height: 100vh;
}

.background{
  background-color: #ffffff;
  padding: 10px;
  width: fit-content;
  margin-left:auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  border-radius: 10px;
}

.text{
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  height: 50px;
  gap: 10px;
  font-size: 30px;
  text-align: center; 
  font-family: cursive;  
  border-radius: 10px;
  align-items: center;
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 0px;
}

.text a {
  text-decoration: none !important;
  font-family: cursive;
  padding: 5px;
}

.text a:hover {
  background-color: #b371d4;
  color: #ffffff;
  border-radius: 10px;
}

Home.js

import Breadcrumb from "./Breadcrumb";
import { Outlet } from "react-router-dom";
import "./App.css";

export default function Home() {
  return (
    <div className="body">
      <div>
        <h1  style={{fontFamily: "cursive", textAlign: "center"}}>
          My Breadcrumb Component 🤑
        </h1>
        <Breadcrumb />
        <Outlet />
      </div>
    </div>
  );
}

Breadcrumb.js

import { Link, useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
import "./App.css";

export default function Breadcrumb() {
  const location = useLocation();
  console.log(location.pathname);
 
  return (
    <div className="background">
      <ul className="text" >
        <Link
          to={"home"}
         >
          Home 
        </Link>
        /
        <Link
          to={"products"}
          >
          Products
        </Link> 
      /
        <Link
          to={"about"}
          >
          About
        </Link>
        /
        <Link
          to={"faq"}
          >
          FAQ
        </Link>
      </ul>
    </div>
  );
}

Homepage.js

import { Outlet } from "react-router-dom";

export default function Homepage() {
  return (
    <div style={{textAlign:"center", fontFamily: "cursive"}}>
      <h1>Homepage Page</h1>
      <Outlet />
    </div>
  );
}

About.js

import { Outlet } from "react-router-dom";

export default function About() {
  return (
    <div style={{textAlign:"center" , fontFamily: "cursive"}}>
      <h1>About Page</h1>
      <Outlet />
    </div>
  );
}

Products.js

import { Outlet } from "react-router-dom";

export default function Products() {
  return (
    <div style={{textAlign:"center", fontFamily: "cursive"}}>
      <h1>Products Page</h1>
      <Outlet />
    </div>
  );
}

FAQ.js

export default function FAQ() {
  return <h1 style={{textAlign:"center" , fontFamily: "cursive"}}>FAQ Page</h1>;
}

In the above code example, I have used the "react-router-dom" package to create breadcrumbs in react js.

Check the output of the above code.

All the best 👍