An audio and visual representation of the transition between focus components in a GUI is provided in order to assist a user in understanding the design and layout of the GUI. A focus component is associated with a spatial position in a GUI or window and audio characteristics are generated to represent the focus component that is based on the spatial position. The transition between focus components can be represented visually in the GUI as a path of time-ordered user-selections. The transition between the focus components may also be represented by a continuous audible tone that changes in frequency and pitch between the focus components.