Is it not possible to do a case where you

Open Page 1 in Current Window
and Set Panel to State 1

It won't show me the states that are part of the window I'm linking to so that I can configure it in the UI dialogue.

Hi Greg,

Axure RP does not currently allowing setting states on a page from another page.

You could create a copy of the Page 1 and set the default panel state to the desired state and link to the copy of Page 1.

This is how I imagine this might work in Axure RP in the future.

OnClick

   Set "variable" = "1"

   Open Page 1 in Current Window

Then on Page 1:

OnPageLoad

   If "variable" = "1"

      Set Panel to State 1

I think the addition of a PageLoad event, the ability to set a variable that is carried to the next page, and the ability to perform actions as a condition of the variable could be very useful.

Yes this would work and would actually be very useful for a number of applications where you would want to simulate carrying over variables.

I agree, this would be great.  I am stretching Axure to mock up set top apps.  One of their most useful UI features is the "sticky menu" where all screens remember their last state.  I would love to see this feature added.

It wouldn't even necessarily require the addition of variables but could be as simple as setting a flag in the panel object that tells it to remember "where it was" whenever its host page is navigated away from, or something like that...

Okay the request for setting a panel state for a page not the page you are on was requested in 2006. Has there been any progress on making that part of Axure since we are now in version 5?

 If so, I still don't see how to do it. Please advise.

Thanks,
Jann

Jann:

Okay the request for setting a panel state for a page not the page you are on was requested in 2006. Has there been any progress on making that part of Axure since we are now in version 5?

You can accomplish this using the OnPageLoad variable (and variables in general).  To learn more about how to do this, take a look at this training page: http://axure.com/p202_6.aspx.