PURPOSE: An area selecting method in a web document using a dome tree based mouse is provided to offer a direct user interface by selecting a specific area by using a wheel up and down method in a dome tree structure. CONSTITUTION: A control unit displays a web document at a lower node and a node in which a pointer is located(S30). The control unit searches a node which is satisfied with selection reference(S41). The control unit displays a searched node and the lower node as a selection area on the web document(S43). The control unit determines the wheel up state of a mouse(S50). The control unit displays the web document of a parent node area(S61). [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) End; (S10) Detecting the node location of a mouse pointer by a control unit; (S20) Does a pointer location node satisfy a selection reference?; (S30) Displaying the pointer location node and the lower node on a browser window as selection areas; (S41) Searching a node which satisfies the selection reference among upper nodes of the pointer location node; (S43) Displaying the searched node and the lower node on the browser window as selection areas; (S50) Wheel up of a mouse?; (S61) Displaying an area including the parent node of the selection area node on the browser window; (S63) Displaying an area of the lower node at which a pointer locates; (S70) Is a designated command inputted for the selection area?; (S80) Executing the designated command(zooming, strapping, OSR, and others);
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