Editing Mousepad (section)

==Types==
[[File:Mousepad out.jpg|thumb|A mousepad with a padded wrist rest]]

A variety of mousepads exist with many different textured surfaces to fit various types of mouse technologies.

After the steel mouse ball was given a silicone rubber surface, the popular fabric-surface mousepad was found to be the most appropriate. It helped keep the rubberized roller-ball surface cleaner and gave better tracking, speed, and accuracy than just a desk surface. Such surfaces collected dirt which was then deposited onto the internal rollers that picked off ball movement. Dirty rollers caused erratic pointer movement on the screen.

Early types of optical mice have the problem of not working well on transparent or reflective surfaces such as glass or highly polished wood. These surfaces, which often include desk and table surfaces, cause jitter and loss of tracking on the display pointer as the mouse moves over these reflective spots. The use of mousepads with precision surfaces eliminates the spot-jitter effects of older and/or low-quality optical mice.
[[File:High-resolution-powerplayfob.png|thumb|Wireless charging mousepad from Logitech]]
Newer generations of mouse pads incorporate a wireless charging system into the pad, allowing a wireless mouse to be used without the need to replace or recharge batteries.<ref>{{Cite patent|number=USD884712S1|title=Wireless charging mouse pad|gdate=2020-05-19|invent1=Lee|inventor1-first=Ju Youn|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/USD884712S1/en}}</ref>

A [[3D mousepad]] is a type of mousepad with a wrist rest that is modelled to resemble breasts, buttocks, or other anatomy.