1. In a computing system, a navigational interface for inputting text and control information into the computing system, the navigational interface comprising: an input pointer generating a selection stroke when operated by the user, the selection stroke indicative of a request to enter text or to perform a task in the computing system; a sensor pattern device radially divided into a plurality of sensory portions, the sensor pattern device detecting the selection stroke and identifying selected sensory portions included in the selection stroke; a first information element associated with a task to be performed in the computing system and referenced by one of the plurality of sensory portions; a second information element associated with text to be entered in the computing system and referenced by one of the plurality of sensory portions; and an interface interpretation module recognizing the selection stroke on the sensor pattern as a sequence of sensory portions of the selection stroke and entering the text or performing the task associated with the selected information element based on the sequence of the sensory portions of the selection stroke.