Why won't my Magic trackpad click?

I changed the batteris in my trackpad, reconnected it with my Bluetooth and the scrolling functions all seem to work, but I can't click on anything with a response. Any ideas out there? Sure it is something simple.

I'm afraid I don'thave an answer, but simply - more symptons which seem somewhat similar.
My trackpad (used with an iMac - latest OS), when I click with the lower left corner, invariably (3 times out of 4?) nothing happens. I need to click a second time for the "click" to take effect. Doesn't matter what I click on - all of the usual things - hyperlinks, dock, window open/close - whatever it is, first click invariably doesn't do anything, second click does.
I've got new batteries in it. I've diconnected from Bluetooth and reconnected. I've turned it off, then on. Still the same. This is a replacement for my first trackpad, which eventually wouldn't click at all.
Anyone else having these sorts of problems with the freestanding trackpad??

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