Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same

摘要

Disclosed are a terminal in which a shape or configuration of a virtual keypad is transformable by considering user's convenience and a method for controlling the same, the terminal including: a display module configured to display a virtual keypad; a user input unit configured to receive a touch or drag input from a user; and a controller configured to transform the shape of the virtual keypad according to a dragged direction or dragged length when a spot of the virtual keypad is touched to be dragged in a specific direction.

主权项

1. A terminal comprising:
a touchscreen; and a controller configured to:
cause the touchscreen to display a data input region;cause the touchscreen to display a virtual keypad to permit data entry into the data input region, wherein the virtual keypad comprises a plurality of keys with individually defined visual boundaries, wherein a first key group of the plurality of the keys is associated with alphabetic characters and include a character identifier visually identifying an associated alphabetic character;cause the touchscreen to display the virtual keypad as visually divided first and second virtual keypads collectively comprising the plurality of keys in response to an input received at first and second locations of the displayed virtual keypad, wherein the first location is any one of a plurality of different locations of the virtual keypad and the second location is any one of a plurality of different locations of the virtual keypad;cause a change in displayed size of one virtual keypad of the visually divided first and second virtual keypads in response to an input received at the one virtual keypad;wherein the character identifiers of the keys of the first key group, and the visual boundaries of each of the plurality of keys, are always displayed while the data is being entered into the data input region via user input to the virtual keypad,wherein the size of each of the plurality of keys of the first and second virtual keypads is relatively smaller than the size of a respective key of the plurality of keys of the virtual keypad prior to the dividing, andwherein the input at the first location is a touch input and the input at the second location is a drag input that extends over a portion of the virtual keypad, wherein which keys that form the first and second keypads are defined according to the second location of the drag input.