Patent ID: 8351992

Claim:
A portable electronic apparatus having: a display; a keypad having a plurality of keys, the keys being distributed within a keypad area in at least a first plane, and the keys being arranged for key-pressing user actuation transversally to said first plane so as to provide a first type of user input; a sensor positioned to sense navigating user actuation at said keypad area in or coincident with said first plane, so as to provide a second type of user input; and a controller configured to: control a focus position on said display in response to user input of said second type; associate a plurality of display subareas of said display with respective keys of said keypad, wherein the display subareas have predetermined display locations on the display; and accept, for user input of said second type, a key-pressing user actuation of an actuated key among said keys as a selection of a selectable item presented at said focus position in a particular display subarea associated with said actuated key: wherein the controller is configured, in a cursor control mode intended for input of said second type, to: determine one or more selectable items included in contents presented on said display; compare location(s) of the determined selectable item(s) on said display to the predetermined display locations of said display subareas; and when a location of one of the determined selectable item(s) matches a predetermined display location of an available one of the display subareas, present on said display a graphical indication of the match as a boundary of the matching display subarea.