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+"""
+This is an example that shows how the slicer position can be both read from and written to
+by listening to the "drag_value" of the default slider with an auxiliary slider
+"""
+
+import dash
+import dash_html_components as html
+from dash_slicer import VolumeSlicer
+import dash_core_components as dcc
+from dash.dependencies import Input, Output
+import imageio
+
+
+app = dash.Dash(__name__, update_title=None)
+
+vol = imageio.volread("imageio:stent.npz")
+slicer0 = VolumeSlicer(app, vol, axis=0, scene_id="brain")
+slicer1 = VolumeSlicer(app, vol, axis=1, scene_id="brain")
+slicer2 = VolumeSlicer(app, vol, axis=2, scene_id="brain")
+
+setpos_store = dcc.Store(
+    id={"context": "app", "scene": slicer0.scene_id, "name": "setpos"}
+)
+
+# Here we create an auxiliary slider for each slicer and encapsulate it inside a Div
+# to be added to the app layout
+slicer_list = [setpos_store]
+for sidx, slicer in enumerate([slicer0, slicer1, slicer2]):
+    slider = dcc.Slider(id=f"slider-{sidx}", max=slicer.nslices)
+    slicer_list.append(
+        html.Div(
+            [
+                html.Pre("slicer graph"),
+                slicer.graph,
+                html.Pre("builtin slider"),
+                slicer.slider,
+                html.Pre("auxiliary slider"),
+                slider,
+                *slicer.stores,
+            ]
+        )
+    )
+
+# Create a small CSS grid with Input fields and text labels to both display
+# the slicer axis positions and allow the user to interactively change them
+nav_table = html.Div(
+    [
+        html.Div(""),
+        html.Div("Voxel position"),
+        html.Div("X axis"),
+        dcc.Input(id="x-nav", type="number", placeholder="X value"),
+        html.Div("Y axis"),
+        dcc.Input(id="y-nav", type="number", placeholder="Y value"),
+        html.Div("Z axis"),
+        dcc.Input(id="z-nav", type="number", placeholder="Z value"),
+    ],
+    style={"display": "grid", "gridTemplateColumns": "10% 10%"},
+)
+slicer_list.append(nav_table)
+
+app.layout = html.Div(
+    style={
+        "display": "grid",
+        "gridTemplateColumns": "33% 33% 33%",
+    },
+    children=slicer_list,
+)
+
+
+# Take the current value from the main slider and copy it to the
+# auxiliary slider
+@app.callback(
+    [
+        Output("slider-0", "value"),
+        Output("slider-1", "value"),
+        Output("slider-2", "value"),
+    ],
+    [
+        Input(slicer0.slider.id, "drag_value"),
+        Input(slicer1.slider.id, "drag_value"),
+        Input(slicer2.slider.id, "drag_value"),
+    ],
+)
+def write_to_auxiliary_slider(x_slider, y_slider, z_slider):
+    return x_slider, y_slider, z_slider
+
+
+# Write the values of the axiliary slider to the input fields in the navigation table
+@app.callback(
+    [Output("x-nav", "value"), Output("y-nav", "value"), Output("z-nav", "value")],
+    [
+        Input("slider-0", "value"),
+        Input("slider-1", "value"),
+        Input("slider-2", "value"),
+    ],
+)
+def write_to_position_table(x_val, y_val, z_val):
+    return x_val, y_val, z_val
+
+
+# Listen for a user-triggered change to the value of the Input fields in the navigation table
+# and set the position of the slicer accordingly
+@app.callback(
+    Output(setpos_store.id, "data"),
+    [
+        Input("x-nav", "value"),
+        Input("y-nav", "value"),
+        Input("z-nav", "value"),
+    ],
+)
+def write_table_values_to_slicer(x_pos, y_pos, z_pos):
+    return z_pos, y_pos, x_pos
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Note: dev_tools_props_check negatively affects the performance of VolumeSlicer
+    app.run_server(debug=True, dev_tools_props_check=False)