Computer mouse for different modes of use

A computer mouse, comprising a housing with:

• a bottom face for resting on a generally horizontal surface plane;
• a mouse button face projecting upwardly from said bottom face;
• a thumb face opposite of said mouse button face for engagement by a thumb of a user hand;
• at least two mouse buttons arranged at said mouse button face for operation by a finger of said user hand;
• and
• a touchpad surface area arranged at said mouse button face for operation by fingers of said user hand responsive to being touched and responsive to shifting movement of an area where said touchpad area is touched from one location on said touchpad surface area to another location on said touchpad surface area;
• the mouse further comprising circuitry for generating user interface display control signals in response to said touchpad surface area being touched and in response to said shifting movement of the area where said touchpad area is touched;
• wherein said touchpad surface area is at least partially located between said mouse buttons;
• and
• wherein said mouse buttons have mouse button caps integrally formed with adjacent portions of the housing and connected to said adjacent portions of the housing via flexible hinge areas on sides of the button caps facing said touchpad surface area at least partially located there between, wherein the flexible hinge area of each mouse button of said mouse buttons is arranged between the mouse button and the touchpad surface area.