MacBook Pro touchpad not clicking? (Hardware issue?)

My hands were a little wet when I touched the touchpad on my MacBook Pro 15". I think that a little water went into the cracks, or the tiny space around touchpad. The "click" mechanism stopped working properly. Multitouch still works perfectly.

I ordered a new touchpad, but NO! Problem remained. Touchpad still only registers "clicks" from bottom left corner.

I use my comp for work (Photoshop, Illustrator).

I tried loosening, tightening the screw on touchpad. Still nada.

Please help?

Edit: I need the physical "click." I use laptop for work. The touch to click does not function well with real work in Illustrator and Photoshop. I don't want to sound like a jerk, but please don't suggest the use of a mouse or "touch to click". These are not real answers to my question.

Check your MacBook's battery. My trackpad stopped clicking consistently, and then sometimes locked in click-down, keeping me from de-selecting things. When I opened it up I noticed that the battery was puffed up a bit. If I removed the battery and closed the case, the trackpad clicked just fine. Apple replaced the battery and all's good.

Try pushing down relatively firmly on the trackpad but not so hard to break the glass or damage the delicate springs. By pressing on all four corners, you can sometimes dislodge a piece of crumb on a pad that moves physically.

Without opening the computer, I’m 100% sure if it fixed the problem for me (MacBook Pro 15" Mid 2014) by pushing the battery back into place so that the trackpad can move down more when clicking it or if it was debris. I suppose if it’s battery swelling, that will just get worse again but then I’ll know.

Source: the comments in this YouTube video.

EDIT I was thinking this could be caused by picking up the MacBook (with the screen folded open) with one hand on one corner next to the trackpad, as I do now and then. I can imagine this pushing up the battery a little bit or slowly undo or break the plastic fasteners.

I had the same issue. I checked the battery, and it's also puffed up! I took it out and this solved all the trackpad issues I had. ow, hopefully Apple will be nice about replacing the battery!

I had recently had a lot of issues with the computer overheating, which had mysteriously stopped just before the track pad stopped working. Somehow related to the puffed up battery, perhaps?