magento2 element "referenceContainer": attribute "name"; is required but missing

Question

<referenceBlock name="breadcrumbs" remove="true" />
    <referenceContainer name="page.top">
        <block class="Burstonline\EverCrumbs\Block\Evercrumbs" name="crumbs" as="crumbs" template="Magento_Catalog::breadcrumbs.phtml" />
    </referenceContainer>

magento 2 breadcrumb display error 1 exception: Exception #0 (Magento\Framework\Config\Dom\ValidationException): Element 'referenceContainer': Attribute 'name' is required but missing. Line: 1557

Exception #0 (Magento\Framework\Config\Dom\ValidationException): Element 'referenceContainer': Attribute 'name' is required but is missing. Line: 1557

Answer 1

Hi @aaron It seems you tried removing the breadcrumbs and adding custom breadcrumbs, in order to fix this you have to change the referenceBlock to a referenceContainer.

This will fix your error.