diff --git a/devtools/create_labextension_symlink.py b/devtools/create_labextension_symlink.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9412d2a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devtools/create_labextension_symlink.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import argparse
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def get_extension_paths():
+    base_dir = Path(sys.prefix)
+    nglview_js_widgets = "nglview-js-widgets"
+    nbextension_dest = base_dir / "share" / "jupyter" / "nbextensions" / nglview_js_widgets
+    labextension_dest = base_dir / "share" / "jupyter" / "labextensions" / nglview_js_widgets
+    return nbextension_dest, labextension_dest
+
+
+def create_symlink(source, destination):
+    try:
+        if os.path.islink(destination):
+            os.remove(destination)
+        os.symlink(source, destination)
+        print(f"Created symlink: {destination} -> {source}")
+    except OSError as e:
+        print(f"Failed to create symlink: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+
+def remove_symlink(destination):
+    try:
+        if os.path.islink(destination):
+            os.remove(destination)
+            print(f"Removed symlink: {destination}")
+        else:
+            print(f"No symlink to remove at: {destination}")
+    except OSError as e:
+        print(f"Failed to remove symlink: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Create or remove symlinks for nbextension and labextension.")
+    parser.add_argument('-d', '--delete', action='store_true', help="Remove the symlinks instead of creating them.")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    nbextension_dest, labextension_dest = get_extension_paths()
+
+    base_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+    nbextension_source = base_dir / 'nglview' / 'nbextension'
+    labextension_source = base_dir / 'nglview' / 'labextension'
+
+    if args.delete:
+        remove_symlink(nbextension_dest)
+        remove_symlink(labextension_dest)
+    else:
+        create_symlink(nbextension_source, nbextension_dest)
+        create_symlink(labextension_source, labextension_dest)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index 4a860ef7..6701d777 100644
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     "watch": "run-p watch:src watch:labextension",
     "watch:src": "tsc -w",
     "watch:labextension": "jupyter labextension watch .",
+    "watch:install": "nodemon --watch src/widget_ngl.ts --exec 'npm install'",
     "test": "mocha"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -88,7 +89,8 @@
     "webpack": "^5.96.1",
     "webpack-cli": "^5.1.4",
     "babel-loader": "^8.2.2",
-    "@babel/plugin-transform-object-rest-spread": "^7.14.5"
+    "@babel/plugin-transform-object-rest-spread": "^7.14.5",
+    "nodemon": "^2.0.22"
   },
   "sideEffects": [
     "style/*.css",
diff --git a/js/src/widget_ngl.ts b/js/src/widget_ngl.ts
index 60201dd7..1295a9eb 100644
--- a/js/src/widget_ngl.ts
+++ b/js/src/widget_ngl.ts
@@ -265,13 +265,16 @@ export
         }, this);
 
         this.stage.viewerControls.signals.changed.add(function () {
-            this.serialize_camera_orientation();
+            setTimeout(() => {
+                // https://github.com/nglviewer/nglview/issues/948#issuecomment-898121063
+                this.serialize_camera_orientation();
+            }, 100);
+
             var m = this.stage.viewerControls.getOrientation();
             if (that._synced_model_ids.length > 0 && that._ngl_focused == 1) {
                 that._synced_model_ids.forEach(async function (mid) {
                     var model = await that.model.widget_manager.get_model(mid)
                     for (var k in model.views) {
-                        var pview = model.views[k];
                         var view = await model.views[k]
                         if (view.uuid != that.uuid) {
                             view.stage.viewerControls.orient(m);
diff --git a/notebooks/orientation.ipynb b/notebooks/orientation.ipynb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d4e817f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notebooks/orientation.ipynb
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 20,
+   "id": "82035655-b580-4e4d-86bf-5a90563c2840",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "application/vnd.jupyter.widget-view+json": {
+       "model_id": "c7cd4ef8a8ca410c96f8cad4d48928b2",
+       "version_major": 2,
+       "version_minor": 0
+      },
+      "text/plain": [
+       "NGLWidget()"
+      ]
+     },
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "display_data"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "import nglview as nv\n",
+    "\n",
+    "view = nv.demo()\n",
+    "view"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 23,
+   "id": "7bf1502e-ce30-4b5c-9a72-5a2360322c82",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "view.control.rotate([0.6, -0.4, 0.3, -0.4])"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 24,
+   "id": "d07a8c2b-806d-42c6-b841-e49460688348",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "nv.write_html('index.html', view)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 25,
+   "id": "f397830a-2c05-4275-bdbe-40e0b58f621a",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "!open index.html"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 26,
+   "id": "5c00397d-cdd4-4196-91e4-fb55d98774a0",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "[65.20023905320915,\n",
+       " -93.88834423662117,\n",
+       " 5.2160191242567215,\n",
+       " 0,\n",
+       " -31.29611474554039,\n",
+       " 13.040047810641841,\n",
+       " -93.88834423662117,\n",
+       " 0,\n",
+       " 88.67232511236445,\n",
+       " 31.29611474554039,\n",
+       " -5.216019124256737,\n",
+       " 0,\n",
+       " -37.284461975097656,\n",
+       " -42.47041130065918,\n",
+       " -44.55349826812744,\n",
+       " 1]"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 26,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "view._camera_orientation"
+   ]
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "Python 3 (ipykernel)",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 3
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.12.7"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 5
+}