Waking up display from display sleep

This is a minor thing, but I'm curious. On my MBP, I have my display set to sleep after 15 minutes of non-use. The MBP itself never sleeps.
Before upgrading to Lion I could wake up the display by touch the trackpad, or moving the magic mouse.
After upgrade, the only way I can wake the display seems to be by pressing the spacebar.
Is there a way to have the display wake up in response to trackpad/mouse touching like before?
Thanks,
doug

Sorry, igmackenzie, but the OS X documentation (for all previous versions, not updated yet for Lion) says otherwise:
Display sleep: When display sleep occurs, the display will go black, but running applications remain active. If your display has a power indicator, it may change to indicate that the display is in a low-power mode. To wake the display, simply move the mouse, touch the trackpad, or press a key on the keyboard.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1776
You seem to be suggesting that Apple has proof that all cats know they must avoid running over keyboards and instead only run over mice or trackpads
I can confirm for a fact that no-one explained this to my sister's cat, as I recently spent the better part of an hour helping her to undo her cat's keyboard-dancing fun.
I remain of the firm belief that this is a bug that needs fixing. The swipe of a trackpad to awaken from sleep is a very much more intuitive and easy way to go about things - you swipe to the hot corner to sleep it, you swipe it again to awaken it. Simples.

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