Overview

The RadBreadcrumb and RadBreacrumbItem controls expose a set of properties to allow further customization of their behavior and layout:

RadBreadcrumb Common Properties

  • Header: Gets/sets the root element of the breadcrumb control.

  • CurrentItem: A property of type object, which gets the current destination data item.

  • CurrentContainer: A property of type RadBreadcrumbBarItem, which gets the RadBreadcrumbItem container of the current destination data item.

  • Path: Gets/sets the destination target path.

  • PathSeparator: Gets/sets the path separator symbol.

    Silverlight RadBreadcrumb Path Separator

  • IsLinearMode: A property of type bool, which controls whether the breadcrumb is in linear mode. By default this property is False .

  • IsIconVisible: A property of type bool, which controls whether the icon of the breadcrumb control should be displayed. By default this property is False .

  • IsTextModeEnabled: A property of type bool, which controls whether the text mode of the breadcrumb is enabled. By default this property is True .

  • IsHistoryEnabled: A property of type bool, which specifies whether history of visited paths should be kept. By default this property is True .

    Even if the IsHistoryEnabled property is set to False, you can add items to the RadBreadcrumb.HistoryItems collection. You can use this collection to create a set of favorites for example.

RadBreadcrumbItem Common Properties

  • Header: Gets/sets the header of the BreadcrumbItem.

  • DropDownHeader: Gets/sets the header of the RadBreadcrumbItem that is used to visualize the item when displayed inside its parent's dropdown content.

    Silverlight RadBreadcrumb Dropdown Header

  • TextModePath: Gets/sets the string representation of the RadBreadcrumbItem in text mode

    Silverlight RadBreadcrumb TextModePath

  • Image: A property of type ImageSource, which allows setting an icon for the item.

    Silverlight RadBreadcrumb Image

Please avoid using the character set as a PathSeparator in the Header of the items, because this can lead to an unexpected behavior when you try to expand a path. Also, keep in mind that the '\' character is the default PathSeparator.

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