A movable stub embedded in a laptop keyboard that is manipulated to move the screen cursor.
Example sentencesExamples
A pointing stick on the left moves the cursor, and two buttons on the same side simulate the left and right mouse buttons.
It features the same kind of built-in pointing stick on laptop computer keyboards and the same ‘tactile click’ keys on classic IBM keyboards.
Unlike the larger new ThinkPad models, it comes only with the traditional pointing stick, but I don't find the lack of a touchpad any loss.
The choice of pointing device - be it a touchpad, rollerball or pointing stick - is likewise a matter of personal taste.
The Dell and HP models come with a pointing stick and a touch pad, while the IBM has just the TrackPoint stick.
It comes with both a touchpad and a pointing stick, a combination DVD and CD-RW drive, and both wired and wireless connectivity.
With such a small keyboard, the pointing stick has been moved to sit between the mouse buttons, which makes using them both a two-fingered operation and fiddly at best.
Definition of pointing stick in US English:
pointing stick
noun
A movable stub embedded in a laptop keyboard that is manipulated to move the screen cursor.
Example sentencesExamples
A pointing stick on the left moves the cursor, and two buttons on the same side simulate the left and right mouse buttons.
With such a small keyboard, the pointing stick has been moved to sit between the mouse buttons, which makes using them both a two-fingered operation and fiddly at best.
It features the same kind of built-in pointing stick on laptop computer keyboards and the same ‘tactile click’ keys on classic IBM keyboards.
Unlike the larger new ThinkPad models, it comes only with the traditional pointing stick, but I don't find the lack of a touchpad any loss.
The choice of pointing device - be it a touchpad, rollerball or pointing stick - is likewise a matter of personal taste.
It comes with both a touchpad and a pointing stick, a combination DVD and CD-RW drive, and both wired and wireless connectivity.
The Dell and HP models come with a pointing stick and a touch pad, while the IBM has just the TrackPoint stick.