Computing device with improved function selection and method

Computing apparatus comprising a computing device, the device comprising:

• a display portion for displaying data;
• and
• a user input portion for receiving input from a user;
• the device being operable to display a first set of user-selectable function elements in a first format;
• the device being operable to receive via the input portion an input from a user corresponding to a user-selected portion of the display portion, to determine the number of function elements contained within the user-selected portion of the display portion, and when the determined number of function elements is less than a predetermined fixed number, to increase the size of the user-selected portion to include a maximum of the predetermined fixed number of function elements;
• the device being operable to display a second set of function elements in a second format different from the first format, the second set of function elements comprising one or more function elements of the first set of user-selectable function elements that are associated with the selected portion of the display portion;
• and
• the device being operable to receive a user selection of a function element displayed in the second format, whereby the user selection of the selected element may be used to execute a function associated with the selected element.