A method implemented by a computing device to control an arrangement (302, 402, 502, 602, 702) of icons (124, 404, 504, 604, 704) and facilitate user access to content represented by the icons (124, 404, 504, 604, 704), comprising: detecting initiation of a displacement event to position an icon (124, 404, 504, 604, 704) within the arrangement (302, 402, 502, 602, 702) of icons contained in a user interface for a computing platform; responsive to the detection, evaluating multiple available displacement strategies implemented by the computing platform, wherein each individual strategy defines a set of corresponding rules for handling rearrangements (308, 410, 512, 612, 710) of the icons (124, 404, 504, 604, 704) when the individual strategy is applied to control the rearrangement (308, 410, 512, 612, 710) of the arrangement of icons to position the icon; the evaluating including determining, for each of the displacement strategies, a disruptiveness score for the rearrangement of the arrangement of icons to position the icon, wherein the disruptiveness score reflects a number of the icons displayed in the user interface being moved in accordance with the displacement strategy; selecting a particular displacement strategy, for the rearrangement of the arrangement of icons to position the icon, based on the disruptiveness scores associated with the displacement strategies, the particular displacement strategy corresponding to: a least number of the icons (124, 404, 504, 604, 704) displayed in the user interface that would be moved as compared to other displacement strategies; and controlling the rearrangement (308, 410, 512, 612, 710) of the arrangement of icons to position the icon using the particular displacement strategy. detecting initiation of a displacement event to position an icon (124, 404, 504, 604, 704) within the arrangement (302, 402, 502, 602, 702) of icons contained in a user interface for a computing platform; responsive to the detection, evaluating multiple available displacement strategies implemented by the computing platform, wherein each individual strategy defines a set of corresponding rules for handling rearrangements (308, 410, 512, 612, 710) of the icons (124, 404, 504, 604, 704) when the individual strategy is applied to control the rearrangement (308, 410, 512, 612, 710) of the arrangement of icons to position the icon; the evaluating including determining, for each of the displacement strategies, a disruptiveness score for the rearrangement of the arrangement of icons to position the icon, wherein the disruptiveness score reflects a number of the icons displayed in the user interface being moved in accordance with the displacement strategy; selecting a particular displacement strategy, for the rearrangement of the arrangement of icons to position the icon, based on the disruptiveness scores associated with the displacement strategies, the particular displacement strategy corresponding to: a least number of the icons (124, 404, 504, 604, 704) displayed in the user interface that would be moved as compared to other displacement strategies; and controlling the rearrangement (308, 410, 512, 612, 710) of the arrangement of icons to position the icon using the particular displacement strategy. a least number of the icons (124, 404, 504, 604, 704) displayed in the user interface that would be moved as compared to other displacement strategies; and controlling the rearrangement (308, 410, 512, 612, 710) of the arrangement of icons to position the icon using the particular displacement strategy.