---
title: "Breadcrumb component | zenit Zig UI"
description: "Shows the current location and its ancestors. Separators, current item, clickable items and truncation stay readable."
url: https://ui.surf/zenit/components/breadcrumb
language: en
alternate_zh: https://ui.surf/zenit/zh/components/breadcrumb.md
alternate_es: https://ui.surf/zenit/es/components/breadcrumb.md
alternate_ja: https://ui.surf/zenit/ja/components/breadcrumb.md
alternate_ko: https://ui.surf/zenit/ko/components/breadcrumb.md
alternate_fr: https://ui.surf/zenit/fr/components/breadcrumb.md
alternate_de: https://ui.surf/zenit/de/components/breadcrumb.md
project: zenit v0.1.0-alpha (Zig 0.15.2, macOS)
source: https://github.com/version-next/zenit
---

# Breadcrumb

`ui.widgets.Breadcrumb`

Shows the current location and its ancestors.

[Video](https://ui.surf/zenit/media/stories/breadcrumb.mp4?v=041af54c60)

**BEHAVIOR CONTRACT**

Separators, current item, clickable items and truncation stay readable.

**RECORDED INTERACTION**

Shows Home / Library / Data.

`examples/storybook/stories.zig:691`

```zig
// ── Breadcrumb ──
pub fn buildBreadcrumb(scope: *ui.Scope, cx: *ui.Cx) anyerror!*ui.Node {
    const items = [_]W.BreadcrumbItem{
        .{ .id = "home", .label_text = "Home" },
        .{ .id = "lib", .label_text = "Library" },
        .{ .id = "data", .label_text = "Data" },
    };
    return W.Breadcrumb(.{ .items = &items }).mount(scope, cx);
}
```

[View source on GitHubexamples/storybook/stories.zig:691](https://github.com/version-next/zenit/blob/HEAD/examples/storybook/stories.zig#L691)

The story's verbatim source from the Storybook (zenit 4c50245 2026-10-01). `W` is `ui.widgets`; `col` / `row` / `label` are small Storybook layout helpers.

### BreadcrumbProps

`ui.widgets.Breadcrumb`

[src/ui/components/breadcrumb/mod.zig:24](https://github.com/version-next/zenit/blob/HEAD/src/ui/components/breadcrumb/mod.zig#L24)

```zig
fn Breadcrumb(props: BreadcrumbProps) BreadcrumbBuilder
```

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `items` | `[]const BreadcrumbItem` | `&.{}` | — |
| `separator` | `[]const u8` | `"/"` | — |
| `on_click` | `?core.HandlerRef` | `null` | — |

### \*Node

`ui.widgets.Breadcrumb`

mount returns `*Node` directly. Append it to a parent.