Patent ID: 8863020

Claim:
A method comprising: displaying selectable features on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device; detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display; determining a direction of the gesture on the touch-sensitive display utilizing a first point along a path of the gesture and a second point that is subsequent to the first point and that lies along the path of the gesture, wherein the first point and the second point are in a line of direction; identifying a plurality of the selectable features that are displayed along a path in the direction of the gesture and that are located within a threshold distance of the line of direction; increasing a size of each of the plurality of the selectable features that are identified; and when a change in the direction of the gesture on the touch-sensitive display is detected, selecting one of the plurality of the selectable features that are identified at a location of the touch-sensitive display where the change occurs; wherein the size of each of the plurality of selectable features is increased in proportion to the distance between the location of the gesture on the touch-sensitive display and a respective one of the plurality of selectable features such that the size of the selectable features that are identified changes dynamically with the location of the gesture on the touch-sensitive display; wherein a plurality of unidentified selectable features are displayed at a default size, the plurality of unidentified selectable features including: a selectable feature, of the plurality of selectable features, adjacent to the first point and located in an opposing direction of the line of direction; and selectable features that are not located within the threshold distance from the line of direction.