Portable device and method for controlling user interface in portable device

摘要

A portable device and a method for controlling a user interface (UI) of the same are disclosed. The portable device includes a display unit including a touchscreen configured to display icons of a plurality of icon groups, a sensing unit for sensing a gesture input by a user, and a controller, if the sensed gesture is a gesture corresponding to an icon rearrangement command, configured to output the icon rearrangement command to the display unit in a manner that positions of icons of at least two icon groups of the plurality of icon groups move downward such that the icons are rearranged on the touchscreen.

主权项

1. A portable device comprising:
a display unit including a touchscreen configured to display icons of a plurality of icon groups; a sensing unit configured to sense a gesture input by a user; and a controller, if the sensed gesture is a gesture corresponding to an icon rearrangement command, configured to control the display unit to change a part of the touchscreen into a folded shape and move positions of icons of at least two icon groups of the plurality of icon groups downward, thereby rearranging the icons on the touchscreen, wherein the touchscreen, where the icons of the at least two icon groups are rearranged, is classified into a first region and a second region, wherein a size of each icon contained in the first region is smaller than a size of each icon contained in the second region, wherein the number of icons displayed on the touchscreen before the icon rearrangement is identical to the number of icons displayed on the touchscreen after the icon rearrangement, and wherein, when one of icons displayed on the touchscreen after the icons rearrangement is selected by the user and a function associated with the selected icon is performed, the controller controls the display unit to restore the folded touchscreen and the moved icons to their original states.