In an interactive display interface, an implementation for highlighting all icons
in any set of a plurality of the icons, wherein each icon in the set is within
a predetermined distance of an approaching pointer or cursor. In other words, the
point of the pointer or cursor may be considered to be surrounded by a circular
halo with a radius of said predetermined distance. The user moves the cursor in
a standard manner. However, if the icons that the moving cursor is approaching
are so densely spaced that more than one icon comes within the halo, then all of
the icons within this set of the plurality of icons is highlighted to give the
user a more distinct choice. The highlighting of each of the highlighted icons
is ended when the pointer moves outside of the predetermined distance or halo radius.
