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Build a Breadcrumbs component

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Build breadcrumbs that collapse the middle when too long.

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Building a Breadcrumbs Component in React

Mental model: Breadcrumbs are an ordered list of links ending in the current page (which is plain text, not a link). The one interesting twist is collapsing the middle when the trail is long — keep the first crumb and the last few, replacing the rest with an ellipsis.

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import React from 'react';
import Breadcrumbs from './src/Breadcrumbs';

const items = [
  { label: 'Home', href: '#home' },
  { label: 'Electronics', href: '#electronics' },
  { label: 'Computers', href: '#computers' },
  { label: 'Laptops', href: '#laptops' },
  { label: 'ProBook 14', href: '#probook' },
];

export default function App() {
  return (
    <div style={{ fontFamily: 'sans-serif', padding: 20 }}>
      <h1>Breadcrumbs Demo</h1>
      <h3>Full</h3>
      <Breadcrumbs items={items} />
      <h3>Collapsed (maxItems = 3)</h3>
      <Breadcrumbs items={items} maxItems={3} />
    </div>
  );
}
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