Tinting shadows with Gradient Editor

I recently saw a presentation that spoke of tinting shadows on an image by converting to black and white, then
creating a gradient map layer. From there you went into the Gradient Editor and place the cursor directly beneath
the gray scale, and starting from the black end, move it toward the white end until the arrow cursor changes to a
finger pointer. You then use the value in Location...
Unfortunately, every time I do this my cursor is ALWAYS a pointing finger. I can put in color stops, but I don't
believe that was what the technique used... I've tried using alt, ctrl, and/or shift in all the combinations I can
think of, but no matter what I do, I always get the pointing finger instead of the arrow cursor.
Does anyone know what I need to do differently to get the Gradient Editor to show an arrow cursor until I reach
whatever point I should be at when it changes to a pointing finger? And what IS that point? Does it represent
the darkest black in the image, or what?

OK, (hopefully), here's a screen shot of the Gradient Editor. I'd put an arrow on there, but I can't find an arrow brush, so where I put the cursor is a red butterfly right below the gradient...
When I saw the technique shown, the cursor there was an regular curso, and as you move the cursor toward the white point, at SOME point, it's supposed to change to a pointing finger.
As I said, mine doesn't...

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