A mechanical button that is adjacent to a touch screen that allows for the forceful activation of a computer touch screen by a user without such force of activation of the disclosed button by the user causing damage to the touch screen. This disclosed button is comprised of at least 2 sections that can be caused to compress relative to one another along their common linier axis and the disclosed button is supported by a structure other than the face of the touch screen. The disclosed button, unlike a lighted area on a flat touch screen, provides the user with tactile feedback when the button is activated and the disclosed button further creates a three dimensional visual target that facilitates the user's ability to see the button in their peripheral field of vision, rather than seeing only a lighted area on a flat touch screen.