Question How do you reference this Mecanim animation state "Idle" programmatically?

How do you check for the name of the current animation state? My research indicates it is actually called a layer. Sure enough, while debugging in VS, I was able to drill down all the way to it. But I'm having a hard time finding the exact path to this Idle state (circled in yellow) in order to reference it in code. Please see attached.

 

You can't get the name of the current state at runtime if you use Animator Controllers.

Here's a thread on the topic which has some workarounds (mostly bad ones): https://forum.unity.com/threads/current-animator-state-name.331803/