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Breadcrumbs
How to use breadcrumb navigation to help users understand their current location within a website's hierarchy and enable them to easily navigate back to higher-level pages.
The breadcrumbs component should be used as a secondary navigation to aid users in understanding the relation between their location on a page and higher level pages.
The breadcrumbs components should be placed at the top of a page. It should start with the ‘home’ page and end with the current page. The previous pages should be underlined.
Example:
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When not to use breadcrumb navigation:
For websites that have a flat structure or follow a linear journey or transaction, it is not recommended to use the breadcrumb component. If a webpage has other navigation elements on the page, like a sidebar, it's important to assess whether adding breadcrumbs would provide valuable support to users.