---
category: Navigation
created: '2019-11-17'
description: Create a breadcrumb with CSS flexbox
keywords: css breadcrumb, css flexbox
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/breadcrumb.png
title: Breadcrumb
---

## HTML

```html index.html
<div class="breadcrumb">
    <!-- Breadcrumb item -->
    <div class="breadcrumb__item">...</div>

    <!-- Repeat other items -->
    ...
</div>
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.breadcrumb {
    /* Content is centered vertically */
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
}

.breadcrumb__item {
    margin: 0 0.5rem;

    /* Used to position the separator between items */
    position: relative;
}

.breadcrumb__item:not(:last-child)::after {
    /* Absolute position */
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    top: 0;
    transform: translate(0.5rem, 0px);

    content: '/';
}
```

<Playground>
```css styles.css hidden
body {
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
}

.breadcrumb {
    /* Content is centered vertically */
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
}

.breadcrumb__item {
    margin: 0 0.5rem;
    position: relative;
}

.breadcrumb__item:not(:last-child)::after {
    /* Absolute position */
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    top: 0;
    transform: translate(0.5rem, 0px);

    content: '/';
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<div class="breadcrumb">
    <div class="breadcrumb__item">A</div>
    <div class="breadcrumb__item">B</div>
    <div class="breadcrumb__item">C</div>
    <div class="breadcrumb__item">D</div>
</div>
```
</Playground>