Display interaction based upon a distance of input

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith and executable by the at least one processor, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code that receives, at a transmission device communicating with a display device, a first user input, wherein the first user input activates a mode, of the display device, allowing a user to control a graphical user interface on the display device;
• computer readable program code that thereafter, detects, at the transmission device, a second user input, wherein the second user input comprises instructions for a control action for manipulating the graphical user interface;
• computer readable program code that identifies the distance between an input object providing the second user input and a surface of the transmission device;
• computer readable program code that modifies, based upon the distance, an attribute of the control action;
• and
• computer readable program code that provides instructions to the display device to perform the control action having the modified attribute.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code that receives, at a transmission device communicating with a display device, a first user input, wherein the first user input activates a mode, of the display device, allowing a user to control a graphical user interface on the display device;
• computer readable program code that thereafter, detects, at the transmission device, a second user input, wherein the second user input comprises instructions for a control action for manipulating the graphical user interface;
• computer readable program code that identifies the distance between an input object providing the second user input and a surface of the transmission device;
• computer readable program code that modifies, based upon the distance, an attribute of the control action;
• and
• computer readable program code that provides instructions to the display device to perform the control action having the modified attribute.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at an input device communicating with a display device, a first user input for enabling a control mode, of the display device, for controlling a graphical user interface on the display device;
• receiving, at the input device, a second user input providing instructions for manipulating the graphical user interface;
• identifying the distance between an input object providing the second user input and a surface of the input device;
• scaling, at the input device, proportionally to the distance, a response to the instructions;
• and
• providing instructions to the display device to manipulate the graphical user interface using the scaled response.