<button ng-click="transferState($state.current.name)">Click me</button>

.run(['$rootScope', '$state', '$stateParams',
  function ($rootScope, $state, $stateParams) {

  // It's very handy to add references to $state and $stateParams to the $rootScope
  // so that you can access them from any scope within your applications.For example,
  // <li ng-class="{ active: $state.includes('contacts.list') }"> will set the <li>
  // to active whenever 'contacts.list' or one of its decendents is active.

    $rootScope.$state = $state;
    $rootScope.$stateParams = $stateParams;
}])

angular.module('myApp').controller('myCtrl', function($scope, $state) {

  $scope.$state = $state;

});