The bread crumb control was originally invented for use on Internet sites. With web sites getting ever larger the user was getting lost inside deep hierarchies; finding it hard to get back to a higher level. So the control acts like a trail of bread crumbs, marking the path back to the start of the navigation process.
What makes the control so compelling is the combination of small area and ease of use. As soon as you start using the control you just intuitively understand what it does. But websites are not the only place that you have complex hierarchies of choices. Many client applications have the same issue. So the latest addition to the Toolkit is the KryptonBreadCrumb.
Here you can see the control in action…
