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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2005
Kent Fillmore Hayes, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Steven P. Kim, Raleigh, NC (US);
Oludare Adebankole Kumolu-johnson, Cary, NC (US);
Robert Thomas Uthe, Morrisville, NC (US);
Kent Fillmore Hayes, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Steven P. Kim, Raleigh, NC (US);
Oludare Adebankole Kumolu-Johnson, Cary, NC (US);
Robert Thomas Uthe, Morrisville, NC (US);
International Business Machines Coporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for selecting links in a page using an enhanced mouse pointer. The page is displayed in a data processing system that includes a mouse that includes a scroll wheel. Multiple links are included in the page. A standard mouse pointer is displayed in the page. An enhanced mouse pointer state is then invoked causing the standard mouse pointer to become an enhanced mouse pointer. In response to invoking the enhanced mouse pointer state, a closest one of the links in the page to the enhanced standard mouse pointer is determined. An enhanced mouse pointer indicator is displayed that extends from the enhanced mouse pointer to the determined closest one of the links. The links may be scrolled through by rotating the scroll wheel.