14.3.1 About Breadcrumbs

Use breadcrumbs to create hierarchical list of links that indicates where the user is within the application from a hierarchical perspective.

A breadcrumb provides navigational context to end users and offer an easy navigation path back to the app home page. Users can click a specific breadcrumb link to instantly view the target page. Within the Universal Theme, breadcrumbs have a special location for placement and should generally be used with the Title Bar region template. A breadcrumb can also display within a blank region. The following example shows breadcrumb in the Sample App, Sample Reporting.