Getting Started with React Breadcrumb Component
Smart UI React targets React 18+ and current Node LTS for tooling; use TypeScript templates when you want typed props and events.
Demo source (Smart UI repo): react/source/breadcrumb/overview/App.jsx
1 Create a Vite + React + TypeScript app
npm create vite@latest my-smart-app -- --template react-ts
cd my-smart-app
thennpm install
2 Install Smart UI for React
npm install smart-webcomponents-react
3 Import styles and render the component
Open src/App.tsx (or App.jsx if you chose JavaScript). The snippet below matches Smart UI React demos for this widget:
import 'smart-webcomponents-react/source/styles/smart.default.css';
import React from "react";
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
import { Breadcrumb } from 'smart-webcomponents-react/breadcrumb';
class App extends React.Component {
componentDidMount() {
}
render() {
return (
<div>
<Breadcrumb id="breadcrumb1" addNewItem allowDrag
allowDrop closeButtons dataSource='[{ "label": "Planets", "value": "A" }, { "label": "Continents", "value": "B" }, { "label": "Countries", "value": "C" }, { "label": "States", "value": "D" }, { "label": "Cities", "value": "E" }]'></Breadcrumb>
<br />
<Breadcrumb id="breadcrumb2" allowDrag allowDrop closeButtons
data-source='[{ "label": "Email", "value": "alternate_email" }, { "label": "Phone", "value": "phone" }, { "label": "TV", "value": "tv" }, { "label": "Video game", "value": "videogame_asset" }, { "label": "Laptop", "value": "laptop" }]'
></Breadcrumb>
<br />
<Breadcrumb id="breadcrumb3" minimizeWidth="150" allowDrag
allowDrop closeButtons dataSource='[{ "label": "Planets", "value": "A" }, { "label": "Continents", "value": "B" }, { "label": "Countries", "value": "C" }, { "label": "States", "value": "D" }, { "label": "Cities", "value": "E" }]'></Breadcrumb>
</div>
);
}
}
export default App;
4 Run the dev server
npm run dev
Open the URL Vite prints (often http://localhost:5173/).
TypeScript Support
Types ship with smart-webcomponents-react. Import the component and prop types:
import type { Breadcrumb, BreadcrumbProps } from 'smart-webcomponents-react/breadcrumb';
The generated wrappers expose on* callbacks (for example onChange) whose arguments are standard DOM Event values unless the widget typings narrow them further.
Accessibility
The Breadcrumb component follows WAI-ARIA best practices:
- Keyboard navigation - Tab, Arrow keys, Enter, and Escape are supported
- ARIA roles - Appropriate roles and labels are applied automatically
- Focus management - Visible focus indicators for keyboard users
- Screen readers - State changes are announced to assistive technology
- High contrast - Supports Windows High Contrast Mode and forced colors
For custom labeling, set aria-label or aria-labelledby attributes on the component.
Supported stacks: Smart UI targets Angular 17+, React 18+, Vue 3+, Node 18 LTS, and evergreen browsers; pin exact package versions to your org policy.