Low-profile pointing stick

A pointing device comprising:

• a body to provide controlled displacement during a user's tactile interaction with the pointing device;
• a tactile surface coupled to a first side of the body, the tactile surface configured to receive the user's tactile interaction;
• and
• a base surface affixed to a second side of the body that is opposite the first side, the base surface adhering the body to a sensor surface, wherein:
• the base surface translates at least a force from the controlled displacement of the body in response to the user's tactile interaction;
• and
• the base surface has a substantially same cross-sectional shape as a cross-sectional shape of a depressed portion of the sensor surface configured to receive the base surface.

An apparatus comprising:

• a body to provide displacement during a touch input;
• a top surface coupled to a first side of the body, the top surface configured to receive the touch input from a user;
• a force sensing resistive layer configured to receive at least a force from the displacement of the body in response to the touch input, the force sensing resistive layer having a depressed portion;
• and
• a base surface coupled to a second side of the body that is opposite the first side, the base surface coupling the body to the force sensing resistive layer and having a substantially same cross-sectional shape as the depressed portion of the force sensing resistive layer, the base surface to translate at least the force from the displacement of the body in response to the touch input.