Editing Pointing device (section)

== Buxton's taxonomy ==
The following table shows a classification of pointing devices by their number of dimensions (columns) and which property is sensed (rows) introduced by [[Bill Buxton]]. The sub-rows distinguish between mechanical intermediary (i.e. stylus) (M) and [[Touchscreen|touch-sensitive]] (T). It is rooted in the human [[Sensory system|motor/sensory system]]. Continuous manual input devices are categorized. Sub-columns distinguish devices that use comparable motor control for their operation. The table is based on the original graphic of Bill Buxton's work on "Taxonomies of Input".<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.billbuxton.com/input04.Taxonomies.pdf |chapter=Chapter 4: TAXONOMIES OF INPUT |author=Bill Buxton |title=Haptic Input}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!  || colspan="9"| Number of Dimensions
|-
!  
!
! colspan="2"|1
! colspan="4"|2 
! colspan="1"|3 
|-
! rowspan="5"|Property Sensed
! rowspan="2"|Position 
| [[Rotary Pot]]|| [[Sliding Pot]]
| [[Graphics tablet#Puck|Tablet & Puck]]|| [[Tablet computer|Tablet]] & [[Stylus]] || [[Light Pen]] || [[Floating Joystick]]
| [[3D Joystick]]
| M
|-
|  || 
| [[Touch Tablet]]|| || [[Touch Screen]] || 
| 
| T
|-
! rowspan="2"|Motion 
| [[Continuous Rotary Pot]]|| Treadmill
| [[Computer mouse|Mouse]] ||  ||  || [[Trackball]]
| [[3D Trackball]]
| M
|-
|  || [[Ferinstat]]
|  ||  ||  || [[X/Y Pad]]
| 
| T
|-
! rowspan="1"|Pressure
| [[Torque Sensor]]|| ||  ||  ||  || [[Isometric Joystick]]||
| T
|-
|}