An information processing apparatus includes a display, a detector, a setting unit, an approaching display unit, and an element processor. The display displays an image including one or more elements on a display region of the display. The detector detects an operation in the display region. In response to detection of a first operation including specifying a specified point in the background, the setting unit sets a first region that is the entirety or a portion of the display region in accordance with the first operation. The approaching display unit displays element information relating to a first element displayed in the first region at a position closer to the specified point than the first element prior to detection of the first operation. In response to detection of a second operation on the element information, the element processor executes a process corresponding to the second operation on the first element.