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ruixen-breadcrumb-separator

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A client-side React breadcrumb that accepts an item list and a separator style, then adds a hover cascade that fades later crumbs and enlarges the adjacent divider. It ships as a shadcn registry component, uses Tailwind utility classes, and expects the standard cn helper backed by clsx and tailwind-merge; lucide-react is declared but the chevron is drawn inline.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of ruixen-breadcrumb-separator at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-breadcrumb-separator at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-breadcrumb-separator at 1440 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 1440 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.

Measured

Every value below was written by the harness on the run that produced the frames above. None of it is derived from the prose.

Harness measurements recorded for ruixen-breadcrumb-separator
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate1
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal30.0 KB (95.5 KB build, 65.5 KB baseline)
Bare modeFAIL
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

What the harness recorded

BARE BUILD

✗ Build failed in 1m 19s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/components/ruixen/breadcrumb-separator.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A tidy choice for shadcn-based navigation when the hover cascade suits the product. It builds and mounts in the prepared harness, but bare mounting fails because the cn import is unresolved, so it needs a shadcn-style setup. Add configurable landmark labeling before repeating it on one page.

Use it if

  • You want a compact breadcrumb with selectable chevron, slash, dot, arrow, or dash separators.
  • Your navigation benefits from a subtle pointer-hover cue showing which later path segments would be left behind.
  • Your app already uses shadcn conventions, Tailwind theme tokens, and the cn utility.

Skip it if

  • You need several breadcrumb landmarks on one page with distinct accessible names, because the label is fixed in the component.
  • You require motion to follow reduced-motion preferences, because its inline hover transitions do not provide that accommodation.
  • You want a dependency-light, plain CSS component without Tailwind aliases or shadcn project conventions.

Install

Installation record for ruixen-breadcrumb-separator
Declared dependencieslucide-react, clsx, tailwind-merge
Missing on installnone
Bare installfails once the shadcn-style helpers are removed, so it needs that setup
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn project, add Tailwind with foreground and muted-foreground theme utilities, configure the at-sign source alias, provide lib/utils with a cn helper using clsx and tailwind-merge, and install the registry-declared lucide-react package even though this source renders its chevron inline.

Source and credit

This page is a review, not a copy. The component source lives with its author and this site does not republish it. Read the license before you use anything.

Author repository

github.com/ruixenui/ruixen.com
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-16

Alternatives

Other published entries for the navbar pattern, ordered by what they measured: mounts first, then clean axe scans, then bare-mode passes, then the smaller bundle.