Portable electronic device and method of controlling same

1. A method comprising:

displaying first information for a first application in a first area of a touch-sensitive display and second information for the first application in a second area of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the first information comprises text and the second information comprises a virtual keyboard;

detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display;

when the gesture begins in the first area of the touch-sensitive display, scrolling through the text to display different text in the first area;

when the gesture begins on the keyboard in the second area of the touch-sensitive display, scrolling a cursor through the text in a direction dependent on a direction of the gesture;

wherein the amount of scrolling is dependent on the length of the gesture.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information is not scrolled through when the gesture begins in the second area.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the virtual keyboard is displayed while scrolling through the first information.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein scrolling the first information comprises page scrolling.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein detecting a gesture comprises detecting a swipe.

6. The method according to claim 1 , comprising determining an origin and a direction of the gesture.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the virtual keyboard is configured to receive input for display in the first area and the first information includes the input.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of the portable electronic device to perform the method of claim 1 .

9. A portable electronic device comprising:

a touch-sensitive display configured to display first information for a first application in a first area of the touch-sensitive display and second information for the first application in a second area of the display, wherein the first information comprises text and the second information comprises a virtual keyboard;

a processor configured to:

detect a gesture on the touch-sensitive display;

when the gesture begins in the first area of the touch-sensitive display, scroll the text to display different text in the first area;

when the gesture begins on the keyboard in the second area of the touch-sensitive display, scroll a cursor through the text in a direction dependent on a direction of the gesture;

wherein the amount of scrolling is dependent on the length of the gesture.

10. The portable electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the second information is not scrolled when the gesture begins in the second area.

11. The portable electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein keyboard is displayed while scrolling through the first information.

12. The portable electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein scrolling through the first information comprises a page scrolling.

13. The portable electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein detecting a gesture comprises detecting a swipe.

14. The portable electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the virtual keyboard is configured to receive input for display in the first area and the first information includes the input.

15. A method comprising:

displaying text in a first area of a touch-sensitive display;

displaying a keyboard in a second area of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the text displayed in the first area comprises text entered by the keyboard;

detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display;

when the gesture begins in the first area of the touch-sensitive display, scrolling the text to display different text in the first area;

when the gesture begins on the keyboard in the second area of the touch-sensitive display, scrolling a cursor through the text in a direction dependent on a direction of the gesture;

wherein the amount of scrolling is dependent on the length of the gesture.