Abstract: An input apparatus includes a touchpad, a display, and a control unit. The control unit displays a pointer on the display such that the pointer is moved in a graphical user interface (GUI). For a selectable object on which a predetermined reference point on the pointer is located among selectable objects, the control unit (i) highlights the selectable object when the predetermined reference point stays on the selectable object for a period longer than or equal to a predetermined stay period, and an amount of movement per unit time of the pointer is smaller than or equal to a predetermined amount of movement, and (ii) avoids highlighting the selectable object when the predetermined reference point stays on the selectable object for a period shorter than the predetermined stay period, or the amount of movement per unit time of the pointer is larger than the predetermined amount of movement.