Breadcrumbs display a heirarchy of links to the current page or resource in an application.
createBreadcrumbs
andcreateBreadcrumbItem
- Provides the behavior and accessibility implementation for a breadcrumbs component.
npm install @solid-aria/breadcrumbs
# or
yarn add @solid-aria/breadcrumbs
# or
pnpm add @solid-aria/breadcrumbs
Provides the behavior and accessibility implementation for a breadcrumbs component.
Breadcrumbs provide a list of links to parent pages of the current page in hierarchical order. createBreadcrumbs
and createBreadcrumbItem
help implement these in an accessible way.
- Support for mouse, touch, and keyboard interactions on breadcrumbs
- Support for navigation links via
<a>
elements or custom element types via ARIA - Support for disabled breadcrumbs
- Support for breadcrumbs as a heading
This example displays a basic list of breadcrumbs using an HTML <nav>
element, and a <ol>
for the list of links. Each link is a span because we are handling the interactions locally via onPress
. createBreadcrumbItem
automatically handles exposing these spans as links to assistive technology.
The chevrons between each link are rendered using a span with aria-hidden="true"
so that screen readers do not pick them up. You could also render them similarly using SVG icons, CSS :after
, or other techniques.
The last link is non-interactive since it represents the current page. This is done by adding the isCurrent
prop.
import {
AriaBreadcrumbItemProps,
AriaBreadcrumbsProps,
createBreadcrumbItem,
createBreadcrumbs
} from "@solid-aria/breadcrumbs";
import { mergeProps, Show } from "solid-js";
function Breadcrumbs(props: AriaBreadcrumbsProps) {
const { navProps } = createBreadcrumbs(props);
return (
<nav {...navProps}>
<ol style={{ display: "flex", "list-style": "none", margin: 0, padding: 0 }}>
{props.children}
</ol>
</nav>
);
}
function BreadcrumbItem(props: AriaBreadcrumbItemProps) {
let ref: HTMLSpanElement | undefined;
props = mergeProps({ elementType: "span" }, props);
const { itemProps } = createBreadcrumbItem<HTMLSpanElement>(props, () => ref);
return (
<li>
<span
{...itemProps}
ref={ref}
style={{
color: "blue",
"text-decoration": props.isCurrent ? undefined : "underline",
"font-weight": props.isCurrent ? "bold" : undefined,
cursor: props.isCurrent ? "default" : "pointer"
}}
>
{props.children}
</span>
<Show when={!props.isCurrent}>
<span aria-hidden="true" style={{ padding: "0 5px" }}>
{"›"}
</span>
</Show>
</li>
);
}
function App() {
return (
<Breadcrumbs>
<BreadcrumbItem onPress={() => alert("Pressed Folder 1")}>Folder 1</BreadcrumbItem>
<BreadcrumbItem onPress={() => alert("Pressed Folder 2")}>Folder 2</BreadcrumbItem>
<BreadcrumbItem isCurrent>Folder 3</BreadcrumbItem>
</Breadcrumbs>
);
}
This example is similar to the previous one, except the individual breadcrumbs are native navigation links to other pages rather than handled by JavaScript.
import {
AriaBreadcrumbItemProps,
AriaBreadcrumbsProps,
createBreadcrumbItem,
createBreadcrumbs
} from "@solid-aria/breadcrumbs";
import { JSX, Show } from "solid-js";
function Breadcrumbs(props: AriaBreadcrumbsProps) {
const { navProps } = createBreadcrumbs(props);
return (
<nav {...navProps}>
<ol style={{ display: "flex", "list-style": "none", margin: 0, padding: 0 }}>
{props.children}
</ol>
</nav>
);
}
type BreadcrumbItemProps = AriaBreadcrumbItemProps & JSX.AnchorHTMLAttributes<HTMLAnchorElement>;
function BreadcrumbItem(props: BreadcrumbItemProps) {
let ref: HTMLAnchorElement | undefined;
const { itemProps } = createBreadcrumbItem(props, () => ref);
return (
<li>
<a
{...itemProps}
ref={ref}
href={props.href}
style={{
color: "blue",
"font-weight": props.isCurrent ? "bold" : undefined,
cursor: props.isCurrent ? "default" : "pointer"
}}
>
{props.children}
</a>
<Show when={!props.isCurrent}>
<span aria-hidden="true" style={{ padding: "0 5px" }}>
{"›"}
</span>
</Show>
</li>
);
}
function App() {
return (
<Breadcrumbs>
<BreadcrumbItem href="/">Home</BreadcrumbItem>
<BreadcrumbItem href="/solid-aria">Solid Aria</BreadcrumbItem>
<BreadcrumbItem isCurrent>createBreadcrumbs</BreadcrumbItem>
</Breadcrumbs>
);
}
If you use breadcrumbs in the context where a heading would normally be used, you should make sure that the proper elementType
for each breadcrumb is communicated to createBreadcrumbItem
so that you receive the correct itemProps
to spread on your breadcrumb. This can be seen in the example below where we specify that the last breadcrumb has an <h3>
and all other breadcrumbs are of type <a>
.
import {
AriaBreadcrumbItemProps,
AriaBreadcrumbsProps,
createBreadcrumbItem,
createBreadcrumbs
} from "@solid-aria/breadcrumbs";
import { JSX, Show } from "solid-js";
function Breadcrumbs(props: AriaBreadcrumbsProps) {
const { navProps } = createBreadcrumbs(props);
return (
<nav {...navProps}>
<ol style={{ display: "flex", "list-style": "none", margin: 0, padding: 0 }}>
{props.children}
</ol>
</nav>
);
}
type BreadcrumbItemProps = AriaBreadcrumbItemProps & JSX.AnchorHTMLAttributes<HTMLAnchorElement>;
function BreadcrumbItem(props: BreadcrumbItemProps) {
let ref: any;
const { itemProps } = createBreadcrumbItem<any, any>(
{
...props,
get elementType() {
return props.isCurrent ? "h3" : "a";
}
},
() => ref
);
return (
<li>
<Show
when={props.isCurrent}
fallback={
<>
<a
{...itemProps}
ref={ref}
href={props.href}
style={{
color: props.isDisabled ? "gray" : "blue",
"font-weight": props.isCurrent ? "bold" : undefined,
cursor: props.isCurrent ? "default" : "pointer"
}}
>
{props.children}
</a>
<span aria-hidden="true" style={{ padding: "0 5px" }}>
{"›"}
</span>
</>
}
>
<h3
{...itemProps}
ref={ref}
style={{
margin: 0,
"font-size": "1em",
color: "blue"
}}
>
{props.children}
</h3>
</Show>
</li>
);
}
function App() {
return (
<Breadcrumbs>
<BreadcrumbItem href="/">Home</BreadcrumbItem>
<BreadcrumbItem href="/solid-aria">Solid Aria</BreadcrumbItem>
<BreadcrumbItem isCurrent>createBreadcrumbs</BreadcrumbItem>
</Breadcrumbs>
);
}
All notable changes are described in the CHANGELOG.md file.