Patent ID: 7647565

Claim:
A method for selecting links in a page in a data processing system using an enhanced mouse pointer, said data processing system including a mouse that includes a scroll wheel, said method comprising: identifying a plurality of links in said page; displaying a standard mouse pointer, associated with said mouse, in said page to form a displayed standard mouse pointer; invoking an enhanced mouse pointer state causing said displayed standard mouse pointer to form a displayed enhanced mouse pointer, wherein said displayed enhanced mouse pointer has a tail and a distal tip; in response to said invoking said enhanced mouse pointer state, determining a physically closest one of said plurality of links in said page to said displayed enhanced mouse pointer; displaying an enhanced mouse pointer indicator that extends from said tip of said displayed enhanced mouse pointer to said determined physically closest one of said plurality of links; and scrolling through said plurality of links sequentially, without moving said mouse, wherein said enhanced mouse pointer indicator moves to each link in said plurality of links in response to a rotation of said scroll wheel.