// watch the state of the currently focused page

			this._loadUCRVariables().then(lang.hitch(this, function() {

				this.watch('selectedChildWidget', lang.hitch(this, '_updateModuleState'));

			}));

		},

		_updateModuleState: function() {

			tools.defer(lang.hitch(this, function() {

				this.set('moduleState', this.get('moduleState'));

			}), 0);

		},

		_setModuleStateAttr: function(_state) {

			var currentState = this.get('moduleState');

			if (this._created && _state == this.moduleState || currentState == _state) {

				this._set('moduleState', _state);

				return;

			}

			var state = _state.split(':');

			if (!state.length || (state.length == 1 && state[0] == '')) {

				if (this._searchPage) {

					this.selectChild(this._searchPage);

				}

			}

			else {

				var objType = state.shift();

				var ldapName = state.length > 1 ? state : state[0];

				this._loadUCRVariables().then(lang.hitch(this, function() {

					this.createDetailPage(objType, ldapName);

				}));

			}

			this._set('moduleState', _state);

		},

		_getModuleStateAttr: function() {

			var state = [];

			if (this.selectedChildWidget && this.selectedChildWidget == this._detailPage) {

				var objectType = this._detailPage.objectType;

				var ldapName = this._detailPage.ldapName;

				state = [objectType];

				if (ldapName && !(ldapName instanceof Array)) {

					state.push(ldapName);

				}

			}

			return state.join(':');