.breadcrumb { 
  $breadcrumb-border-color: $base-border-color;
  $breadcrumb-border: 1px solid $breadcrumb-border-color;
  $breadcrumb-height: 2em;
  $breadcrumb-arrow-color: $breadcrumb-border-color;
  $breadcrumb-background: $base-body-color;
  $breadcrumb-inactive-hover-color: darken($breadcrumb-border-color, 5);

  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border-radius: $base-border-radius;
  display: inline-block;

  a {
    color: $base-font-color;
    background-color: $breadcrumb-background;
    border: $breadcrumb-border;
    display: inline-block;
    line-height: $breadcrumb-height;
    text-decoration: none;
    padding: 0 $breadcrumb-height/2 0 $breadcrumb-height/1.5;
    position: relative;
    margin-right: -5px;

    &:first-child {
      padding-left: $breadcrumb-height/2;
      border-top-left-radius: $base-border-radius;
      border-bottom-left-radius: $base-border-radius;
    }

    &:last-child {
      font-weight: bold;
      background-color: $breadcrumb-background;
      padding-right: $breadcrumb-height/2;
      border-top-right-radius: $base-border-radius;
      border-bottom-right-radius: $base-border-radius;
    }

    &:hover {
      background-color: $breadcrumb-inactive-hover-color;
    }

    &:hover:after {
      border-left-color: $breadcrumb-inactive-hover-color;;
    }

    &:after,
    &:before { 
      content: ''; 
      display: block; 
      border-top: $breadcrumb-height/2 solid transparent;
      border-bottom: $breadcrumb-height/2 solid transparent;
      border-left: $breadcrumb-height/4 solid transparent;
      position: absolute;
      margin: auto;
      top: 0;
      bottom: 0;
      left: 100%;
      z-index: 2;
    }

    &:last-child:after,
    &:last-child:before {
       border: none;
    }

    &:before { 
      border-left-color: $breadcrumb-arrow-color;
      margin-left: 1px;
      z-index: 1;
    }
    &:after { 
      border-left-color: $breadcrumb-background;
    }
  }
}