adjusting threshold rectangle thing

i know how to move the points left and right but cant figure how to move them vertically.
if i want to exclude the midtones i want to raise the leftmost and rightmost points and lower the middle two points to the bottom. how can i do that?
thank you

something like that picture but flipped upside down.

if i dont respond to replies its because ill be away for a day or two

You cannot move them vertically.

that would indeed explain my inability to do so.

thank you

would appear then that that slider is primarily to exclude shadows and highlights to varying extents