SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide
3-15
Main System Components
The Pointing Stick
The Pointing Stick
Your SPARCbook keyboard incorporates a Pointing Stick. This is used,
together with three buttons in front of the spacebar, to emulate a
3-button mouse.
The Pointing Stick can be operated with the index finger of the left or
right hand while your hands are in the normal typing position. The
Pointing Stick is pressure-sensitive and the cursor moves in the
direction in which it is pressed at a speed corresponding to the pressure
applied.
Note
Under some operating conditions, the cursor may drift down or across the
display without the pointing stick being pressed, or may move in one direction
more effectively than it does in the other. If this happens press
Pause-Home
and hold the keys down for 3 seconds. The microcontroller will recalibrate the
pointing stick.
Figure 3-9 The Pointing Stick
Mouse keys
Pointing stick
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