Mobile terminal for changing display mode of an application based on a user input operation and operation control method thereof

摘要

A method of controlling a mobile terminal including allowing, via a wireless communication unit on the mobile terminal, wirelessly communication with at least one other terminal; displaying, on a display of the mobile terminal, an application screen corresponding to an execution of an application on the mobile terminal; reducing, via a controller on the mobile terminal, a size of the application screen in response to a reduction input operation performed on the mobile terminal; determining, via the controller, if the application screen is reduced below a predetermined size; displaying, via the display, a widget corresponding to the application instead of the application screen on the display when the application screen is reduced below the predetermined size; and expanding, via the controller, the application screen back to its original size before the reduction input operation has been performed when the application screen is not reduced below the predetermined size.

主权项

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a touchscreen; a memory configured to store an application, an application icon relating to the application, and a widget relating to the application; and a controller configured to:
control the touchscreen to display the application icon,execute the application in response to a first touch gesture on the application icon, the application being configured to display content items when executed,reduce a size of an application screen of the executed application in response to a first pinching-in input operation performed on the application screen,determine if the application screen is reduced below a predetermined size,control the touchscreen to display the widget corresponding to the application instead of the application screen when the application screen is reduced below the predetermined size,control the touchscreen to display the application icon corresponding to the application, instead of the widget, in response to a second pinching-in input operation performed on the widget,display the widget in response to a second touch gesture on the application icon, the widget being configured to display part of the content items of the application, the displayed part of the content items on the widget being different from information displayed on the application icon, andexecute the application in response to a third touch gesture on the widget,wherein a first indicator is configured to be displayed on a corner of the application icon, and a second indicator is configured to be displayed on a corner of the widget, andwherein the second indicator has the same shape as the first indicator and comprises a circular image.