🖲️ Trackball emoji
HTML
🖲
Unicode
U+1F5B2
What is 🖲️ called?
🖲️ is called the Trackball emoji.
It is also known as trackball mouse, ball controller, or pointing trackball. These are natural common, regional, technical, or appearance-based terms rather than extra official names; Unicode’s official name is trackball.
What does 🖲️ mean?
🖲️ is officially named trackball. A trackball, an alternative pointing device featuring a stationary base with a rotating ball that users spin with fingers or palm to control cursor movement. Provides precise control without moving the entire device across a surface.
Use it for literal references to trackball and for ergonomic computing, precision control, alternative input device, accessibility technology. A trackball moves the pointer by rotating an exposed ball while the device stays still, unlike a conventional mouse moved across a surface. Related choices include 🖱️ Computer mouse and 💽 Computer disk.
Other meanings
It can mean ergonomic computing, precision control, alternative input device, accessibility technology. Context determines whether a message is technical, computing, office, mathematical, or historical.
Example Usage
Using a trackball 🖲️ helps reduce wrist strain during long design sessions
The technology, media, or lighting note shows trackball 🖲️
More details
Officially named trackball. Its code point is U+1F5B2. It was introduced in Emoji 1.0.
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Visual description
A stationary input device with a large ball on top that can be rotated to control cursor movement, surrounded by click buttons.
A trackball moves the pointer by rotating an exposed ball while the device stays still, unlike a conventional mouse moved across a surface. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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