Axure RP Pro Version 5.5 (available in beta
here) adds the ability to create custom widget libraries for the Widgets pane, new interaction capabilities for high fidelity prototyping, easier Dynamic Panel management, and enhancements to widgets and diagram editing.
This 3 part series presents these new features:
Part 2: New Interactions and the Advanced Interactions Editor provides an overview of the new actions (Set Focus on Widget, Bring Panel(s) to Front, Set Widget(s) to Selected State) and creating animation using the new Advanced Editor.
[These articles assume a working knowledge of the basic features in Axure RP. If you are new to Axure, the video demos in our
Online Training are a good place to start.]
Part 2: New Interactions and the Advanced Interactions Editor
New Interactions
Set Focus on Widget
This action sets the focus on a specified widget. For example, on the OnPageLoad of a page, you can set the focus on a text field widget so the cursor will appear in the text field when the page loads and the user can begin typing.
Bring Panel(s) to Front
This action brings a dynamic panel to the top layer of the page. This is useful for prototyping features like lightboxes, flyout menus, and custom tooltips created in dynamic panels.
Set Widget(s) to Selected State
This action sets the style of a widget to its Selected style or back to its default style (see Part 3 for more on the Selected style). This is useful for navigation like menus when a particular menu item should be highlighted (or selected) on a page. For example, on the OnPageLoad of a page, you can set the appropriate menu item to its Selected state.
Advanced Interactions Editor (Animation)
The Case Properties dialog now has an option to use an Advanced Editor.
The Basic Editor allows each action to be added once to a case and automatically orders the actions. Using the Advanced Editor, you can now customize the order of actions and add multiple of each action.

One use for the Advanced Editor is to create animations using dynamic panels. If you create a dynamic panel with multiple states, you can use the Advanced Editor to alternately set the state of the panel and wait some time. To do this, click the Add Action link, select "Set Panel State(s) to State(s)", then "Wait Time(ms)", and another Set Panel action, and so on.

Please note that the link to return to the Basic Editor is disabled once an action has been used more than once or are not in the default order.
Check out Parts 1 and 3 of this series:
We hope you get a chance to try these new features and the others included in this release.
Please send any feedback or issues to support@axure.com or in the forums.