Mobile terminal and method of controlling the operation of the mobile terminal

摘要

A method of displaying items on a mobile terminal includes displaying a first icon group of a plurality of icons on a display of the mobile terminal, such that each icon of the first icon group is associated with an application that is executable on the mobile terminal. Also performed is detecting user contact at a first location of the display relative to a displayed location of a particular icon of the first icon group and detecting further user contact representing a dragging over a distance beginning from the first location, such that the dragging represents substantially continual user contact from the first location over the distance. Also, after the dragging occurs over a threshold distance, displaying a second group of icons in an icon display region, such that each icon of the second icon group is associated with an application that is executable on the mobile terminal.

主权项

1. A method of displaying items on a display of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a first icon group including a plurality of icons on the display, wherein the plurality of icons are displayed at respective locations on the display; performing a predefined operation corresponding to a touched icon of the plurality of icons of the first icon group in response to a first user input that is received at the display, wherein the first user input is received while the first icon group is displayed; displaying a second icon group including at least one icon in response to a second user input received at the display, wherein the second user input, which is different from the first user input, comprises dragging more than a threshold distance beginning from a first displayed location of a first icon of the plurality of icons of the first icon group, at least one icon of the second icon group represents a predefined operation that can be performed at the mobile terminal, and wherein the at least one icon of the second icon group is different from the touched icon of the first icon group; and after the dragging more than the threshold distance and while user contact is maintained at the display as part of the second user input, continuing the displaying of remaining icons of the plurality of icons of the first icon group at the respective locations of the display with the second icon group and no longer displaying the first icon of the plurality of icons of the first icon group at the first displayed location.