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Because Breadcrumbs work as a secondary navigation aid, it should be placed above the content. The Nielsen Norman group conducted user tests and found that users expect breadcrumbs at the top of the page. A good placement for breadcrumbs is below the main navigation bar and above the page title.
Breadcrumbs (or breadcrumb trail) is a secondary navigation system that shows a user’s location in a site or web app. The term came from the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale in which the main characters create a trail of breadcrumbs in order to track back to their house.
Are there still breadcrumbs in modern SharePoint?
Obviously, this hierarchy-based paradigm has shifted in Modern SharePoint where sub-sites are generally frowned upon. Now, breadcrumbs do still exist for document libraries, since nesting of folders with documents is probably something we will never escape. But what about Site Pages ?
Deactivate the feature SharePoint Breadcrumb Navigation Go to Settings Site Settings Click on Solutions under Web Designer Galleries Deactivate and delete the solution This solution is compatible with SharePoint 2013/2016 and SharePoint Online and supports Seattle and Oslo master pages.
The method from the previous article is still valid but it requires you to manually modify the master page, if you are not going to customize the layout of your site there’s no need to mess with it. Info: If you are looking for a solution to add the breadcrumb to the modern sites check this article.
Are there still breadcrumbs in a document library?
Now, breadcrumbs do still exist for document libraries, since nesting of folders with documents is probably something we will never escape. But what about Site Pages ? It is a document library and it “can” support folders, but it is not really a great idea.