[Feature Request]: Persistent camera orientation when modifying crystal structure

[Abhivega]

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Problem

In this example, if we rotate the visualized structure interactively and then swap the current structure for another one, the camera orientation is reset.

Proposed Solution

Is there a way to specify a desired view axis, or to make the camera view persistent when the structure is modified?

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[mkhorton]

Hi @Abhivega, a very reasonable request!

The underlying rendering code is currently a little messy, but to support this feature, a conditional on this.settings (perhaps, this.settings.resetCamera) would have to be added to this line:

https://github.com/materialsproject/mp-react-components/blob/5a54523c600919312929fd513ec93e39e680f5ef/src/components/crystal-toolkit/scene/Scene.ts#L493

and an appropriate default added here:

https://github.com/materialsproject/mp-react-components/blob/5a54523c600919312929fd513ec93e39e680f5ef/src/components/crystal-toolkit/scene/constants.ts#L51

I don't have time to add this myself at present, but pull requests very welcome.