Patent ID: 8584039

Claim:
A method of selecting elements represented by icons forming an ordered series of icons appearing on a screen, comprising selecting a first element by superposition of a graphics distinction applied to a first icon representing this first element; wherein said method further comprises: moving the graphics distinction towards at least a second icon triggered by a pressing and holding of a key by the user, the pressing specifying at least a single direction, the first icon preserving the graphics distinction which extends over the other icons in the specified single direction of the movement, the dimension of the graphics distinction being variable during the holding of the key by the user, selecting a single second element represented by said second icon as soon as the graphics distinction occupies at least one determined area of said second icon, executing a single command associated with the single second element represented by said second icon, and upon releasing of the holding of the same key by the user, starting reversing the direction of movement of the graphic distinction, such that the graphics distinction recedes from the other icons in the reversed direction until the graphic distinction is only on the first icon.