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IBM TrackPoint The TrackPoint is IBMs name for the stick that sits between the g, h and b keys of the keyboard. It is used as a pointing device and hence as an alternative to an external mouse or a touchpad. What sets it apart from devices found in notebooks of other manufacturers is that it has no moving parts. It works using a solid state strain gauge. Its tap-to-click feature, which means that you can tap the stick to do a left click instead of using the left mouse button, is also handy.

Configuration

Have a look at How to configure the TrackPoint.

Models featuring this Technology

TrackPoint

• ThinkPad 220 (if that's what the original trackpoint is)

TrackPoint II

• 350, 350C, 355, 355Cs, 355C
• 360, 360Cs, 360C, 360P, 360CSE, 360CE, 360PE
• 370C
• 500, 510Cs
• 555BJ
• 720, 720C
• 700, 700C
• 750, 750Cs, 750C, 750P
• 755Cs, 755C

TrackPoint III

• 310, 310D, 310E, 310ED
• 345CS, 345C
• 365CS, 365C, 365CSD, 365CD, 365E, 365ED, 365X, 365XD
• 380, 380D, 380E, 380ED, 380XD, 385D, 385ED, 385XD
• 535, 535E, 535X
• 560, 560E, 560X
• 701C, 701CS
• 755CSE, 755CE, 755CX, 755CV, 755CD, 755CDV
• 760L, 760LD, 760C, 760CD, 760EL, 760ELD, 760E, 760ED, 760XL, 760XD, 765L, 765D
• 820, 850, 860

TrackPoint IV

• 240, 240X
• 380Z, 390, 390E, 390X
• 560Z, 570, 570E
• 600, 600E, 600X
• 770, 770E, 770ED, 770X, 770Z
• i Series 1124, i Series 1157, i Series 1200, i Series 1210, i Series 1230, i Series 1250, i Series 1260, i Series 1300, i Series 1330, i Series 1370, i Series 1410, i Series 1411, i Series 1412, i Series 1450, i Series 1451, i Series 1452, i Series 1472, i Series 1420, i Series 1421, i Series 1422, i Series 1441, i Series 1442, i Series 1460, i Series 1480, i Series 1482, i Series 1483, i Series 1492, i Series 1512, i Series 1540, i Series 1541, i Series 1542, i Series 1552, i Series 1560, i Series 1562, i Series 1592, i Series 1620, i Series 1720, i Series 1721, i Series 1800
• A20m, A20p, A21e, A21m, A21p, A22e, A22m, A22p, A30, A30p, A31, A31p
• G40, G41
• R30, R31, R32, R40, R40e, R50, R50e, R50p, R51, R51e, R52, R60, R60e, R61, R400, R500
• iSeries s30, iSeries s31
• T20, T21, T22, T23, T30, T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p, T60, T60p, T61, T61p, T400, T400s, T500
• X20, X21, X22, X23, X24, X30, X31, X32, X40, X41, X41 Tablet, X60, X60s, X60 Tablet, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet, X200, X200 Tablet, X200s, X300, X301
• Z60m, Z60t, Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t
• TransNote

External Sources

• IBM's page on configuring the third TrackPoint button under Linux (Note -- link was dead on 2 Dec 2007, replaced with Wayback link)

• Thinkpad Scroll Daemon Use the middle mouse button on a Trackpoint keyboard for scrolling in Linux.