Use T440s middle button as a button

Hello,
Does anyone know if there is a way to get the middle trackpoint button to work as a button instead of scrolling? I use software that makes use of the middle button and would like to use it. On older thinkpads there was a way to change the settings, but I don't see it on the T440s. If there is no way to do it, is there a better place than here to advocate for such a function?
Thanks

If you have the correct Synaptics driver installed, it will have the right effect (and the runtime library: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8328).
If you have both on your system and TPMiddle in the startup folder, then try to make a short click on a link in a browser for example - it will work, and open a new Tab. Don´t hold the key pressed down. This will activate scrolling - TPMiddle does not disable scrolling, it only does enable the middle-click.

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# This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
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EndSection
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