Classic WoW Wiki:Breadcrumb

The expression "breadcrumbs" is used sometimes in web design. The origin is the Hansel and Gretel by the brothers Grimm, where Hansel strews bread crumbs as he goes that helps them find the way home.

In web pages, bread crumbs are meant to show you how you got to a page, and how to get back again. Sort of like the back button, except not necessarily. If you follow the "most logical" path, it'll match. But if you got there via a cross link, that's not necessarily the case.

On WoWWiki, bread crumbs are displayed in the top left hand corner of the page, and look something like this:


 * Glossary &raquo; Breadcrumb