Awesome
Breadcrumpy 🍞
Awesome breadcrumbs for Angular!
Overview
What? 🤔
An awesome library to easily add breadcrumbs to your Angular application.
- Simply add breadcrumb labels to your Angular routing
- It supports asynchronous (reactive) breadcrumbs
- Flexible configuration. However you like to roll!
Angular Material and PrimeNG examples included(on roadmap)
Why? 🤷♂️
Existing breadcrumb libraries do not seem to support async (reactive) breadcrumbs. Also, this library provides many different configuration options.
Installation 🌩
npm
npm install ngx-breadcrumpy
yarn
yarn add ngx-breadcrumpy
Usage 🕹
Basic example
Just add a breadcrumb
data property to your routes.
export const ROUTES: Routes = [
{
path: 'about',
component: AboutComponent,
data: { breadcrumb: 'About' }
},
{
path: 'products',
data: { breadcrumb: 'Products' }
}
];
a) Use the default breadcrumb component:
Now, import the BreadcrumbsModule
and add the included breadcrumb component to your template:
<bcy-breadcrumbs></bcy-breadcrumbs>
<router-outlet></router-outlet>
b) Or implement your own:
Alternatively, implement your own breadcrumb component using the BREADCRUMBS
injection token:
import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
import { Breadcrumb, BREADCRUMBS } from 'ngx-breadcrumpy';
@Component({
selector: 'app-breadcrumb',
template: `
<ng-container *ngFor="let b of breadcrumbs$ | async; last as last">
<a [routerLink]="b.urlSegments">{{ b.label }}</a> <span *ngIf="!last"> / </span>
</ng-container>
`
})
export class BreadcrumbComponent {
constructor(@Inject(BREADCRUMBS) public breadcrumbs$: Observable<Breadcrumb[]>) {}
}
A breadcrumb contains the following properties:
export interface Breadcrumb {
/**
* Label of the breadcrumb.
*/
label: string;
/**
* Icon of the breadcrumb.
*/
icon?: string;
/**
* Url to the breadcrumb (if not loading), if not using RouterLink.
*/
url?: string;
/**
* Url segments to the breadcrumb (if not loading), useful for RouterLink.
*/
urlSegments?: any[];
/**
* True if the breadcrumb is being loaded.
*/
loading?: boolean;
}
Advanced configuration
Instead of static breadcrumbs, you may want to make your breadcrumb labels more dynamic. There are several ways to do this!
The breadcrumb configuration can be of many types:
string
(label)BreadcrumbLiteral
(object withlabel
and optionally anicon
)Observable<string | BreadcrumbLiteral>
(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot) => string
(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot) => BreadcrumbLiteral
(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot) => Observable<string | BreadcrumbLiteral>
Type<BreadcrumbResolver>
Of course you can also make combinations. Please find some examples below.
1. Using functions
A function which returns a string
, BreadcrumbLiteral
or Observable<string | BreadcrumbLiteral>
.
export const ROUTES: Routes = [
{
path: 'product/:id',
data: {
breadcrumb: (route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot) => `Product ${route.paramMap.get('id')}`
}
}
];
2. Using a BreadcrumbResolver
You can also use a special BreadcrumbResolver
service to benefit from dependency injection.
The resolve
method should return either a string
, BreadcrumbLiteral
or Observable<string | BreadcrumbLiteral>
.
Asynchronous observables will not block the routing process, but make the breadcrumb appear when resolved.
export const ROUTES: Routes = [
{
path: 'product/:id',
data: { breadcrumb: YourBreadcrumbResolver }
}
];
@Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' })
class YourBreadcrumbResolver implements BreadcrumbResolver {
public resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot): Observable<string> {
// just some example of an async breadcrumb label...
return of(`Product ${route.paramMap.get('id')}`).pipe(delay(300));
}
}
3. Using Resolve guards
If you want to stick with resolve guards from @angular/router
, you can.
They will will dynamically add the breadcrumb
property to your route.
export const ROUTES: Routes = [
{
path: 'product/:id',
resolve: { breadcrumb: YourResolveGuard }
}
];
@Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' })
class YourResolveGuard implements Resolve<string | BreadcrumbLiteral> {
/* ... */
}
NOTE: keep in mind that the resolve guards from Angular Router are blocking! To get around this, use the
previously mentioned BreadcrumbResolver
. You can also make your guard return
an Observable<Observable<string | BreadcrumbLiteral>>
. Breadcrumpy will automatically support this.
Using a different route property
Just provide a BREADCRUMB_KEY
token in your root module to change the default breadcrumb
property name.
import { BREADCRUMB_KEY } from 'ngx-breadcrumpy';
@NgModule({
providers: [
{
provide: BREADCRUMB_KEY,
useValue: 'yourBreadcrumb'
}
]
})
class AppModule {}
Using translations (i18n)
Just implement your own breadcrumb component and use translation pipes for your breadcrumb labels.
Contributors ✨
Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):
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