

The relation between pressure and cursor or pointer speed can be adjusted, in a manner similar to the way the mouse speed is adjusted in a traditional desktop computer.

Increasing pressure causes faster movement.

The TrackPoint is operated by pushing in the general direction the user wants the cursor to move. The control buttons are located in front of the keyboard toward the user. It has a replaceable red tip (called a nipple) and is located in the middle of the keyboard between the G, H, and B keys. The device is sometimes called an eraser pointer because it is roughly the size and shape of a pencil eraser. A TrackPoint, also called a pointing stick, is a cursor control device found in IBM ThinkPad notebook computer s.
