Method and device for executing object on display

1. A method of providing a user interface in an electronic device, the method comprising:

presenting a plurality of visual display elements on a screen of the electronic device, wherein the plurality of visual display elements are associated with a plurality of applications, one of the plurality of visual display elements provides information representing an application associated with the one of the plurality of visual display elements, and presentations of the plurality of visual display elements presented on the screen are individually changeable;

based on an input at the one of the plurality of visual display elements, changing a presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements and presenting a first portion of a piece of content within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements, wherein the first portion of the piece of the content is presented within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements while a second portion of the piece of the content is not displayed within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements and while another of the plurality of visual display elements is presented on the screen; and

gradually presenting the second portion of the piece of the content within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements while the other of the plurality of visual display elements is presented on the screen.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application associated with the one of the plurality of visual display elements comprises a news application.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the piece of the content comprises an image.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presenting the second portion of the piece of the content within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements comprises presenting a part of the first portion of the piece of the content within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input comprises a first touch input followed by a second touch input, and

the method further comprises, based on the first touch input at a location associated with the one of the plurality of visual display elements, presenting at least two user interface elements at respectively at least two corresponding corner portions of the one of the plurality of visual display elements.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first touch input comprises a touch and hold input.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising, based on the second touch input at one of the at least two user interface elements, changing the presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements.

8. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to:

control to present a plurality of visual display elements on a screen of the electronic device, wherein the plurality of visual display elements are associated with a plurality of applications, one of the plurality of visual display elements provides first information representing an application associated with the one of the plurality of visual display elements, and presentations of the plurality of visual display elements presented on the screen are individually changeable;

based on an input at the one of the plurality of visual display elements, control to change the presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements and present a first portion of a piece of content within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements, wherein the first portion of the piece of the content is presented within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements while a second portion of the piece of the content is not displayed within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements and while another of the plurality of visual display elements is presented on the screen; and

control to gradually present the second portion of the piece of the content within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements while the other of the plurality of visual display elements is presented on the screen.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the application associated with the one of the plurality of visual display elements comprises a news application.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first portion of the piece of the content comprises an image.

11. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions further to control to present a part of the first portion of the piece of the content within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements.

12. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the input comprises a first touch input followed by a second touch input, and

the processor is configured to execute the instructions further to, based on the first touch input at a location associated with the one of the plurality of visual display elements, control to present at least two user interface elements at respectively at least two corresponding corner portions of the one of the plurality of visual display elements.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first touch input comprises a touch and hold input.

14. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions further to, based on the second touch input at one of the at least two user interface elements, control to change the presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor of an electronic device to cause the processor to:

control to present a plurality of visual display elements on a screen of the electronic device, wherein the plurality of visual display elements are associated with a plurality of applications, one of the plurality of visual display elements provides first information representing an application associated with the one of the plurality of visual display elements, and presentations of the plurality of visual display elements presented on the screen are individually changeable;

based on an input at the one of the plurality of visual display elements, control to change the presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements and present a first portion of a piece of content within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements, wherein the first portion of the piece of the content is presented within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements while a second portion of the piece of the content is not displayed within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements and while another of the plurality of visual display elements is presented on the screen; and

control to gradually present the second portion of the piece of the content within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements while the other of the plurality of visual display elements is presented on the screen.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the application associated with the one of the plurality of visual display elements comprises a news application.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the first portion of the piece of the content comprises an image.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor of the electronic device further cause the processor to control to present a part of the first portion of the piece of the content within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the input comprises a first touch input followed by a second touch input, and

the instructions executable by the processor of the electronic device further cause the processor to, based on the first touch input at a location associated with the one of the plurality of visual display elements, control to present at least two user interface elements at respectively at least two corresponding corner portions of the one of the plurality of visual display elements.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the first touch input comprises a touch and hold input.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor of the electronic device further cause the processor to, based on the second touch input at one of the at least two user interface elements, control to change the presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements.

22. A method of providing a user interface in an electronic device, the method comprising:

controlling to present a plurality of visual display elements on a screen of the electronic device, wherein the plurality of visual display elements are associated with a plurality of applications, one of the plurality of visual display elements provides information representing an application associated with the one of the plurality of visual display elements, and presentations of the plurality of visual display elements presented on the screen are individually changeable;

based on an input at the one of the plurality of visual display elements, controlling to change a presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements and present a first portion of a piece of content within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements, wherein the first portion of the piece of the content is presented within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements while a second portion of the piece of the content is not displayed within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements and while another of the plurality of visual display elements is presented on the screen; and

controlling to gradually present the second portion of the piece of the content within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements while the other of the plurality of visual display elements is presented on the screen.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein the application associated with the one of the plurality of visual display elements comprises a news application.

24. The method of claim 22 , wherein the first portion of the piece of the content comprises an image.

25. The method of claim 22 , wherein the controlling to present the second portion of the piece of the content within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements comprises controlling to present a part of the first portion of the piece of the content within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements.

26. The method of claim 22 , wherein the input comprises a first touch input followed by a second touch input, and

the method further comprises, based on the first touch input at a location associated with the one of the plurality of visual display elements, controlling to present at least two user interface elements at respectively at least two corresponding corner portions of the one of the plurality of visual display elements.

27. The method of claim 26 , wherein the first touch input comprises a touch and hold input.

28. The method of claim 26 , further comprising, based on the second touch input at one of the at least two user interface elements, controlling to change the presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements.

29. The method of claim 22 , further comprising controlling to present the content in response to a selection of the one of the plurality of visual display elements associated with the application.

30. The method of claim 22 , wherein the controlling to change the presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements comprises controlling to change a size of the one of the plurality of visual display elements.