Sliding Highlight Breadcrumb
A copy-paste breadcrumbs component in pure HTML & CSS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
BreadcrumbsHTMLCSSany framework
Copy into your project
HTML
<nav aria-label="Breadcrumb" class="nuda-bc2-slide">
<ol class="nuda-bc2-slide__list">
<li class="nuda-bc2-slide__item"><a class="nuda-bc2-slide__link" href="#">Home</a></li>
<li class="nuda-bc2-slide__sep" aria-hidden="true">/</li>
<li class="nuda-bc2-slide__item"><a class="nuda-bc2-slide__link" href="#">Library</a></li>
<li class="nuda-bc2-slide__sep" aria-hidden="true">/</li>
<li class="nuda-bc2-slide__item"><span class="nuda-bc2-slide__link nuda-bc2-slide__link--cur" aria-current="page">Data</span></li>
</ol>
<span class="nuda-bc2-slide__highlight" aria-hidden="true"></span>
</nav>CSS
.nuda-bc2-slide {
position: relative;
width: 260px;
}
.nuda-bc2-slide__list {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0 0 .5rem;
font-size: .78rem;
border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.08);
}
.nuda-bc2-slide__item {
width: 76px;
text-align: center;
}
.nuda-bc2-slide__sep {
width: 20px;
text-align: center;
color: #444;
}
.nuda-bc2-slide__link {
color: #999;
text-decoration: none;
transition: color .15s;
}
.nuda-bc2-slide__link:hover {
color: #fafafa;
}
.nuda-bc2-slide__link--cur {
color: #fafafa;
font-weight: 700;
}
.nuda-bc2-slide__highlight {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
width: 76px;
height: 2px;
background: #e4ff54;
box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(228,255,84,.7);
transform: translateX(192px);
animation: _nuda-bc2slide 6s ease-in-out infinite;
will-change: transform;
}
@keyframes _nuda-bc2slide {
0%,20% {
transform: translateX(0);
}
35%,50% {
transform: translateX(96px);
}
65%,100% {
transform: translateX(192px);
}
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce) {
.nuda-bc2-slide__highlight {
animation: none !important;
transform: translateX(192px);
}
}
How to use Sliding Highlight Breadcrumb
Paste the HTML where you need it and the CSS into a global stylesheet (or a <style> tag). Every class is prefixed nuda- so it never collides with Tailwind or your own styles. Tweak the CSS custom properties to match your design system.
Works in React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Laravel Blade, Django, Rails — or a single .html file. No npm install, no build step.