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Sites page properties 'hide in navigation' and breadcrumb component

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May 29, 2025
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Hi,

I have a breadcrumb component on a page that is 5 levels deep. The pages at levels 2, 3, and 4 are not ready yet, but page on level 5 is ready for go live and we'd like to offer users the ability to see Home > Page on level 5 on the breadcrumb if possible. I have set the page properties for pages on levels 2, 3, 4 to enable 'Hide in navigation', and it seems the breadcrumb can only handle levels 2 and 3 being hidden, but it cannot hide level 4 on the published page. What is really interesting is the author view and preview published view both hide the level 4 page, so the breadcrumb displays Home > Level 5 page. The published page breadcrumb shows Home > level 4 page > level 5 page. Has anyone seen this?

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Best answer by arunpatidar

Hi @laurendo1

Could you please check cache? It might be possible that page is cached somewhere. Try with query paramters.

Here are the details of core breadcrumb component , if you are using same

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-core-components/using/wcm-components/v2-components/breadcrumb

SantoshSai

Community Advisor

Hi @laurendo1,

Before answering to your question I want to understand:

Are you using a custom breadcrumb component or Adobe’s Core Component?
Has the 'Hide in Navigation' setting on the level 4 page been published to the Publish environment?

Also, If it’s a custom or Core Component-based breadcrumb, can you confirm?

if (!currentPage.getProperties().get("hideInNav", false)) {
    // include in breadcrumb
}

and make sure this check is happening for each parent level, not just the current or top levels.

Santosh Sai

kapil_rajoria

Community Advisor

Hi @laurendo1, could you please confirm the following things:
1. Level 4 page is properly published and replicated and have the property: hideInNav = true in CRXDE of publish (compare the location also with the pages like level 1 or level 2 or level 3)
2. The issue is not due to caching (try clearing dispatcher cache, browser cache)
3. If using a custom breadcrumb component, modify its logic to consistently filter all hidden pages:

while (page != null && !page.isRoot()) {
    if (!page.getProperties().get("hideInNav", false)) {
        breadcrumb.add(page);
    }
    page = page.getParent();
}

AmitVishwakarma

Community Advisor

Hi @laurendo1 ,

This happens in custom implementations due to either of:

- hideInNav not replicated to Publish for level 4.

- Custom breadcrumb logic not filtering all parent pages correctly.

- Dispatcher or browser caching.

1. Confirm hideInNav is on Publish

- Go to /crx/de on the Publish instance

- Navigate to:
- /content/<site>/level-1/level-2/level-3/level-4

- Confirm:

- Property: hideInNav = Boolean true

- Last Replicated Date is recent.

If missing, replicate the page from Author again to Publish.

2. Clear Dispatcher + Browser Cache
Even after publish, cached responses may retain old breadcrumb paths.
Clear dispatcher cache for the path:
- /content/<site>/level-5.html
Clear browser cache or try incognito mode.

3. Use Correct Breadcrumb Filtering Logic in Code

If you are using a custom breadcrumb component, this is the correct Java logic that works for filtering hideInNav = true pages from breadcrumb:

Java or HTL Sling Model:

List<Page> breadcrumb = new ArrayList<>();

Page current = resourceResolver.resolve(currentPage.getPath()).adaptTo(Page.class);

while (current != null && !current.isRoot()) {
    boolean hideInNav = current.getProperties().get("hideInNav", false);

    if (!hideInNav) {
        breadcrumb.add(0, current); // add in reverse for correct order
    }

    current = current.getParent();
}

This ensures all levels, including deeply nested ones like level 4, are filtered.

4. If using Core Component Breadcrumb

Out-of-the-box Core Breadcrumb v2/v3 supports hideInNav out of the box.

Check that:

- You're using v2+ of the Core Component.

- In template policy, Show hidden pages = false.

- You can inspect in /conf/<site>/settings/wcm/policies/... or through template edit

Regards,
Amit

arunpatidar

Accepted solution

Community Advisor

Hi @laurendo1

Could you please check cache? It might be possible that page is cached somewhere. Try with query paramters.

Here are the details of core breadcrumb component , if you are using same

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-core-components/using/wcm-components/v2-components/breadcrumb

Arun Patidar

kautuk_sahni

Community Manager

@laurendo1 Did you find the suggestions helpful? If you need more information, please let us know. If a response resolved your issue, kindly mark it as correct to help others in the future. Alternatively, if you discovered a solution on your own, we'd appreciate it if you could share it with the community. Thank you.

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