Display apparatus for selecting and executing menu items on a user interface, and controlling method thereof
A display device is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display configured to display a user interface screen; an input interface configured to receive a user operation to select and execute at least one menu item included in the user interface screen; and a processor configured to separately recognize a short click and a long press based on an input time of the user operation, constantly maintain an execution speed of a function corresponding to a selected menu item within a preset critical time in the time for which the input of the long press is continued and accelerate the execution speed of the corresponding function after the preset critical time passes.
1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a display; and
a processor configured to:
control the display to display:
a plurality of menu items comprising a power menu item, a source menu item, and a volume menu item, and
an indicator for selecting a menu item of the plurality of menu items,
wherein the plurality of menu items respectively correspond to a plurality of functions for controlling the display apparatus;
receive a user operation of pressing a single key while the plurality of menu items are displayed on the display;
identify the received user operation as either a short click or a long press based on an input time of the user operation of pressing the single key;
in response to the user operation of pressing the single key being identified as the short click while the indicator is positioned on a menu item of the plurality of menu items, move the indicator from the menu item to another menu item of the plurality of menu items;
in response to the user operation of pressing the single key being identified as the long press while the indicator is positioned on a menu item of the plurality of menu items, perform a function corresponding to the menu item on which the indicator is positioned; and
maintain a speed of performing the function within a preset time for which an input of the long press is continued and accelerate the speed of performing the function after the preset time passes.
2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to constantly maintain a sampling section in which the user operation of the long press is received at a preset size within the preset critical time and to change the sampling section in which the user operation of the long press is received to a size which is smaller than the preset size after the preset time passes.
3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to create an on screen display (OSD) which guides functions corresponding to each of the short click and the long press, and control the display to display the created OSD on the display.
4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to constantly maintain a channel change speed within the preset time and to accelerate the channel change speed after the preset time when the menu item on which the indicator is positioned is a channel change menu item.
5. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to constantly maintain a volume change speed within the preset time and to accelerate the volume change speed after the preset time when the menu item on which the indicator is positioned is the volume change menu item.
6. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the single key comprises at least one from among a single physical key and a single touch key.
7. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the at least one from among the single physical key and the single touch key is provided on a bezel portion of the display apparatus.