Breadcrumb Trail

Subject: Breadcrumb Trail
From: Hannah Gilberg <hgilberg -at- navis -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 11:05:30 -0700


What term are people using for the 'breadcrumb trail' at the top of a web application that shows you where the currently displayed page is within the application hierarchy? If you're not familiar with the term breadcrumb trail, maybe this will clarify:

Say you're changing the checking account you use to pay your phone bill online. The breadcrumb trail you might see at the top of the phone company web page might be:

Account Information>Residential Accounts>Pay Online>Edit Payment Info

with 'Edit Payment Info' being the page you're currently in.

My question is, what are people calling this string of pages? I've heard the term 'directory' which seems confusing. Someone on our team suggested 'Locator', which I like, but I'd be interested if there is an established term for this.




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