1. A method to control image selection in a user interface of a computing device, the method comprising: detecting an input by the computing device involving interaction with a display of an image in a user interface; identifying a pattern by the computing device in a portion of the image that includes the detected input; locating one or more objects of the content by the computing device that include the identified pattern, at least one said object positioned outside the portion of the image used to perform the identifying; and creating a selection of the image as having the located one or more objects by the computing device in the user interface.