# 🖲️ Trackball emoji

🖲️ Trackball is an emoji in the computers set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. Related words: computer.

- Emoji: 🖲️
- Unicode name: trackball
- Code points: U+1F5B2 U+FE0F
- Category: Objects, Computers
- Added: Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- GitHub shortcode: :trackball:
- Keywords: computer, trackball
- Page: https://emojichart.com/trackball-emoji

## What it means

A large ball sits in a base, ready to be rolled with the thumb or fingers to move the cursor on a computer. Rarely used, it mostly turns up in posts about computer hardware, retro tech and input devices.

## How to type 🖲️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “trackball”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “trackball”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “trackball”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “trackball”.
- GitHub: Type :trackball: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | bola de desplazamiento | bola de desplazamiento, ordenador, trackball |
| Français (fr) | boule de commande | boule de commande, informatique, ordinateur, souris à boule, trackball |
| Deutsch (de) | Trackball | Computer, Trackball |
| Italiano (it) | trackball | computer, mouse a sfera, mouse con trackball, puntamento, sfera, trackball |
| Português (pt) | trackball | acessório, bolinha, computador, mouse, trackball |
| Nederlands (nl) | trackball | computer, trackball |
| Svenska (sv) | styrkula | dator, mus, styrkula |
| Polski (pl) | trackball | komputer, trackball |
| Türkçe (tr) | iz topu | bilgisayar, iz topu |
| Русский (ru) | трекбол | ввод, компьютер, трекбол, шар |
| Українська (uk) | трекбол | комп’ютер, трекбол |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ιχνόσφαιρα | ιχνόσφαιρα, υπολογιστής |
| العربية (ar) | كرة مسار | فارة, كرة مسار, كمبيوتر, كومبيوتر, ماوس |
| עברית (he) | גלגלת עכבר | גלגלת, מחשב, עכבר |
| فارسی (fa) | توپک | توپک, رایانه |
| हिन्दी (hi) | ट्रैकबॉल | कंप्यूटर, ट्रैकबॉल |
| বাংলা (bn) | ট্র্যাকবল | কম্পিউটার, জিনিস, ট্র্যাকবল, বস্তু |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | trackball | bola tetikus, komputer, trackball |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bi xoay | bi xoay, máy tính |
| ไทย (th) | แทร็กบอล | คอมพิวเตอร์, แทร็กบอล |
| 日本語 (ja) | トラックボール | PC, コンピューター, トラックボール, パソコン |
| 한국어 (ko) | 트랙볼 | 마우스, 컴퓨터, 트랙볼 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 轨迹球 | 有线鼠标, 电脑, 轨迹球, 追踪球, 鼠标 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 軌跡球 | 軌跡球 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): stuurbal
- Akan (ak): trakebɔɔlo
- Albanian (sq): sfera rrotulluese
- Amharic (am): ትራክቦል
- Armenian (hy): թրեքբոլ
- Assamese (as): ট্ৰেকবল
- Azerbaijani (az): kürəşəkilli manipulyator
- Bashkir (ba): трекбол
- Basque (eu): kontrolagailua
- Belarusian (be): трэкбол
- Bosnian (bs): kuglica za kretanje
- Bulgarian (bg): трекбол
- Burmese (my): မောက်စ်
- Cantonese (yue): 軌跡球
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 轨迹球
- Catalan (ca): ratolí de bola
- Cherokee (chr): ᎪᎷᏅᏓᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): трек шарикӗ
- Croatian (hr): upravljačka kuglica
- Czech (cs): trackball
- Danish (da): trackball
- Estonian (et): juhtkuul
- Faroese (fo): stýrikúla
- Filipino (fil): trackball
- Finnish (fi): ohjauspallo
- Galician (gl): rato de bóla
- Georgian (ka): ბურთიანი მიმთითებელი
- Gujarati (gu): ટ્રેકબોલ
- Hausa (ha): bal na bin sawu
- Hungarian (hu): trackball
- Icelandic (is): stýrihjól
- Igbo (ig): bọọlụtraakị
- Irish (ga): rianliathróid
- Javanese (jv): trakbal
- Kalaallisut (kl): trackball
- Kannada (kn): ಟ್ರಾಕ್ ಬಾಲ್
- Kazakh (kk): трекбол
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ترەكبول
- Khmer (km): គ្រាប់ឃ្លីក្នុងម៉ៅ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): Akayoborandanga
- Konkani (kok): ट्रॅकबॉल
- Kyrgyz (ky): жылдыруу шары
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): tach’o
- Lao (lo): ລູກກົມຄວບຄຸມ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): rueda de desplazamiento
- Latvian (lv): kursorbumba
- Lithuanian (lt): rutulinis manipuliatorius
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): trackball
- Luxembourgish (lb): Trackball
- Macedonian (mk): топче за управување
- Malay (ms): bebola jejak
- Malayalam (ml): ട്രാക്ക്‌ബോൾ
- Maltese (mt): trackball
- Marathi (mr): ट्रॅकबॉल
- Mongolian (mn): удирдлагын бөмбөг
- Māori (mi): pōrotaki
- Nepali (ne): ट्रयाकबल
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Trákbọl
- Northern Sotho (nso): polwana ya maose
- Norwegian (no): styrekule
- Odia (or): ଟ୍ରାକ୍‌ବଲ୍‌
- Oromo (om): kubbaa faana dhahuu
- Pashto (ps): ټریکبال
- Punjabi (pa): ਟ੍ਰੇਕਬਾਲ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ٹریک بال
- Quechua (qu): muyu mousepi
- Romanian (ro): trackball
- Romansh (rm): trackball
- Sardinian (sc): botza de controllu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): trackball
- Serbian (sr): куглица за кретање
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kuglica za kretanje
- Shan (shn): ထရႅၵ်ႉပေႃး
- Sindhi (sd): ٽريڪ بال
- Sinhala (si): ට්‍රැක්බෝල්
- Slovak (sk): trackball
- Slovenian (sl): sledilna kroglica
- Somali (so): kubada mowska
- Swahili (sw): kitufe cha kompyuta kinachoendesha kishale
- Tajik (tg): трекбол
- Tamil (ta): டிராக்பால்
- Telugu (te): ట్రాక్‌బాల్
- Tigrinya (ti): ትራክቦል ዝበሃል ጸወታ
- Tongan (to): polo toho
- Tswana (tn): therekebolo
- Turkmen (tk): syçanjygyň topy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): trackball
- Urdu (ur): ٹریک بال
- Uyghur (ug): مائۇس شارچىسى
- Uzbek (uz): trekbol
- Welsh (cy): pelen lwybro
- Wolof (wo): trackball
- Xhosa (xh): i-trackball
- Yoruba (yo): òntè̩ afinimọ̀nà
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): òntè̩ afinimɔ̀nà
- Zulu (zu): itrackball

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F5B2 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🖲️` |
| CSS | `\1F5B2\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F5B2}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F5B2\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 96 B2 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DDB2 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%96%B2%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🖲️ trackball emoji mean?

A large ball sits in a base, ready to be rolled with the thumb or fingers to move the cursor on a computer. Rarely used, it mostly turns up in posts about computer hardware, retro tech and input devices.

### How do I type the 🖲️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “trackball”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :trackball:.

### When was the 🖲️ emoji added?

🖲️ was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🖲️?

U+1F5B2 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🖲️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F5B2}\u{FE0F}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/trackball-emoji