Patent ID: 8665209

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for selecting displayed items, the method comprising: receiving, at a computing device, an input upon a display surface of a display device as a user draws, over at least part of the display, a freeform selection path from a starting point to an ending point, the selection path effective to select interface items that the selection path encounters; determining an amount of pressure applied by the input; responsive to the amount of pressure being at a first level, assigning a first width to the selection path that causes the selection path to encounter a first number of selectable items that are depicted on the display within the selection path; and responsive to the amount of pressure being at a second level, greater than the first level, assigning a second width to the selection path, which is greater than the first width, that causes the selection path to encounter a second number of selectable items, which is greater than the first number, that are depicted on the display within the selection path.