Z61m - How the TrackPoint is supposed to work?

[z/svc]

Hello all!

Firstly, please let me say "Hello ThinkPad World!" to all of you, as this is my 1st post on this forum and just got my 1st ThinkPad. Hello

On Dell laptops I saw that you can do a 'click' if you hit the trackpoint a little bit. On my Z61m I cannot do it, I need to use one of three special keys.

The question is: is something wrong with my trackpoint or ThinkPad's trackpoints work like this?

Thanks for help!

P.S. I am really impressed by this community. I went through many threads on this forum and I've found a lot of very useful information. By your posts you really add a great value to the ThinkPad brand. Thanks for this.

[snessiram]

It's in dutch at my system but free translated:
start / config center / mouse / UltraNav (tab) / Trackpoint: config (button) / "push" (checkbox) (and config next to it optionally)

[bontistic]

Ok here it is in English:

Control Panel > Mouse > UltraNav tab > TrackPoint field:
Tick "Enable TrackPoint" and click the Settings button
Tick the "Enable Press-to-Select" > click the Settings button
You can customize the settings to your preferences here then click OK when done.

[sapibobo]

Another tip : you can choose which finger that fit best for you to move the trackpoint.

I found myself using middle finger is more comfortable and less strain than if i use index finger.

[Rolloclan]

I actually prefer my Track ball rather than the "scratch Pad" and I also use my middle finger to move the mouse and my thumb to click the buttons .. that seems to work the best for me.