Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for implementing a user interface (UI) tool for a touchscreen computer device displays a UI tool on a display of the touchscreen computer device. The UI tool is initially offset from a position of an object touching the surface of the display. The user controls the UI tool using the object. A command is executed, which operates on an entity indicated by the UI tool.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system automatically adjusts the size of a selection area to aid in a selection of an object generated by a computerized system. The method and system detect a series of movements of a pointer, where the pointer is utilized to select an entity of the object. The series of movements are small and continuous. A set of entities that occupies the selection area is determined and the entities are analyzed for an indication of a level of difficulty in selecting one of the entities. The size of the selection area is reduced when the indication implies that the level of difficulty will be decreased after reducing the size of the selection area.