Class yii\bootstrap4\Breadcrumbs

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Inheritance	yii\bootstrap4\Breadcrumbs » yii\bootstrap4\Widget » yii\base\Widget
Uses Traits	yii\bootstrap4\BootstrapWidgetTrait

Breadcrumbs represents a bootstrap 4 version of \yii\widgets\Breadcrumbs. It displays a list of links indicating the position of the current page in the whole site hierarchy.

To use Breadcrumbs, you need to configure its $links property, which specifies the links to be displayed. For example,

echo Breadcrumbs::widget([
    'links' => isset($this->params['breadcrumbs']) ? $this->params['breadcrumbs'] : [],
    'options' => [],
]);

Public Properties

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Property	Type	Description	Defined By
$activeItemTemplate	string	The template used to render each active item in the breadcrumbs.	yii\bootstrap4\Breadcrumbs
$clientEvents	array	The event handlers for the underlying Bootstrap JS plugin.	yii\bootstrap4\BootstrapWidgetTrait
$clientOptions	array	The options for the underlying Bootstrap JS plugin.	yii\bootstrap4\BootstrapWidgetTrait
$encodeLabels	boolean	Whether to HTML-encode the link labels.	yii\bootstrap4\Breadcrumbs
$homeLink	array	The first hyperlink in the breadcrumbs (called home link).	yii\bootstrap4\Breadcrumbs
$itemTemplate	string	The template used to render each inactive item in the breadcrumbs.	yii\bootstrap4\Breadcrumbs
$links	array	List of links to appear in the breadcrumbs.	yii\bootstrap4\Breadcrumbs
$navOptions	array	The HTML attributes for the widgets nav container tag.	yii\bootstrap4\Breadcrumbs
$options	array	The HTML attributes for the widget container tag.	yii\bootstrap4\Widget
$tag	string	The name of the breadcrumb container tag.	yii\bootstrap4\Breadcrumbs

Public Methods

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Method	Description	Defined By
getView()		yii\bootstrap4\BootstrapWidgetTrait
init()	Initializes the widget.	yii\bootstrap4\Breadcrumbs
run()	Renders the widget.	yii\bootstrap4\Breadcrumbs

Protected Methods

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Method	Description	Defined By
registerClientEvents()	Registers JS event handlers that are listed in $clientEvents.	yii\bootstrap4\BootstrapWidgetTrait
registerPlugin()	Registers a specific Bootstrap plugin and the related events	yii\bootstrap4\BootstrapWidgetTrait
renderItem()	Renders a single breadcrumb item.	yii\bootstrap4\Breadcrumbs

Property Details

$activeItemTemplate public property

The template used to render each active item in the breadcrumbs. The token {link} will be replaced with the actual HTML link for each active item.

public string $activeItemTemplate = "<li class=\"breadcrumb-item active\" aria-current=\"page\">{link}</li>\n"

$encodeLabels public property

Whether to HTML-encode the link labels.

public boolean $encodeLabels = true

$homeLink public property

The first hyperlink in the breadcrumbs (called home link). Please refer to $links on the format of the link. If this property is not set, it will default to a link pointing to \yii\web\Application::homeUrl with the label 'Home'. If this property is false, the home link will not be rendered.

public array $homeLink = null

$itemTemplate public property

The template used to render each inactive item in the breadcrumbs. The token {link} will be replaced with the actual HTML link for each inactive item.

public string $itemTemplate = "<li class=\"breadcrumb-item\">{link}</li>\n"

$links public property

List of links to appear in the breadcrumbs. If this property is empty, the widget will not render anything. Each array element represents a single link in the breadcrumbs with the following structure:

[
    'label' => 'label of the link',  // required
    'url' => 'url of the link',      // optional, will be processed by Url::to()
    'template' => 'own template of the item', // optional, if not set $this->itemTemplate will be used
]

public array $links = []

$navOptions public property

The HTML attributes for the widgets nav container tag.

See also \yii\helpers\Html::renderTagAttributes() for details on how attributes are being rendered.

public array $navOptions = ['aria-label' => 'breadcrumb']

$tag public property

The name of the breadcrumb container tag.

public string $tag = 'ol'

Method Details

init() public method

Initializes the widget.

If you override this method, make sure you call the parent implementation first.

public void init ( )

renderItem() protected method

Renders a single breadcrumb item.

protected string renderItem ( $link, $template )
$link	array	The link to be rendered. It must contain the "label" element. The "url" element is optional.
$template	string	The template to be used to rendered the link. The token "{link}" will be replaced by the link.
return	string	The rendering result
throws	\yii\base\InvalidConfigException	if `$link` does not have "label" element.

run() public method

Renders the widget.

public void run ( )
throws	\yii\base\InvalidConfigException