epub State button across pages

@Jeff Witchel, ACI said: "So I tried to drag "Go to State" under "Go to Page," but it won't let me do it."

Hi Jeff,

I see the same.

With a configuration like below from my German InDesign I wanted to go state 2 ("Status 2") of my MSO ("Mehrere Status 1") on page 3 and I also wanted to go to page 3 ("Seite 3"):

MSO selected on page 3:

Publish Online for example will only go to page 3. The active state of the MSO will not change to state 2:

https://indd.adobe.com/view/df0bf316-c943-4bec-bae0-9117914395a9

The same result with InDesign's FXL EPUB Preview panel.

Had no luck at all when I exported to Fixed Layout EPUB using Thorium Reader on Windows 10 as viewing device.

The button did not work at all. Here the EPUB file from InDesign 17.3.0:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/so3n3atstnn49ex/220801-GoToState-GoToPage-Behaviors-2022.epub?dl=1

Also had no luck when the button was part of the MSO's state 1:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

I haven't tested this but if you combine all ten pages into one spread you should be able to control the page 10 MSO from page 1. You'd have to export as pages not spreads but it might be worth your time to test it out.

Hi SiCrit

I believe Buttons will only go to the State of a MultiState Object that's on the same page or spread.

You may have to use the buttons to go to separate pages instead.

OR Is there a reason the MultiState object has to be on a separate page. Create a MultiState Object that covers your entire page with an "invisible" State. Do this by drawing a rectangle with no Stroke or Fill thst's on top on top of your other other objects. When you create the MultiStae Object, this top rectagle will be the default State. So everything on your original page will be seen.

Now, you can make Buttonns that go to individual States. If your MultiState covers everything underneith, no one will know they're still on the Same page.

Hope this helps!

Jeff