Method for controlling icon display in mobile terminal and mobile terminal thereof

1. A method for controlling an icon display in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a first screen of a plurality of screens on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, each of the plurality of screens including a plurality of icons;

displaying a set-up menu screen different from the plurality of screens in response to selection of a displayed menu icon, wherein the set-up menu screen is stored in a memory of the mobile terminal and includes at least one application icon;

displaying a second screen of the plurality of screens on the touch screen in response to a first flicking input on the first screen, the second screen is determined based on a direction of the first flicking input, wherein the set-up menu screen stays unchanged while the first screen is changed to the second screen; and

displaying a temporary instant icon indicating an icon drop location corresponding to an application icon of the at least one application icon on at least the second screen or the set-up menu screen when the application icon is moved to the second screen according to a drag input on the application icon,

wherein the first screen further includes at least two 3-dimensional (3-D) blocks, each of the 3-D blocks comprising at least two icons, and

wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a second flicking input on one of the at least two 3-D blocks;

displaying another at least two in the one of the at least two 3-D blocks on which the second flicking input was received;

receiving a deletion input on one of the at least two 3-D blocks, the deletion input including a long touch input; and

removing the one of the at least two 3-D blocks on which the deletion input was received from the second screen.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of icons comprises plate-shaped 3 dimensional (3-D) icons.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the temporary instant icon in the memory of the mobile terminal as corresponding to the second screen.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set-up menu screen is displayed in a portion of the first screen.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set-up menu screen and the first screen are displayed separately.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a size of the temporary instant icon is different from a size of the application icon.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the temporary instant icon is different from a shape of the application icon.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application icon is displayed in the set-up menu screen area after the temporary instant icon corresponding to the application icon is displayed on the second screen.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

removing the temporary instant icon from the second screen when the application icon is returned to the set-up menu screen according to the drag input on the application icon.

10. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store a set-up menu screen and a plurality of screens, each of the plurality of screens including a plurality of icons, wherein the set-up menu screen includes at least one application icon and is different from the plurality of screens;

a touch screen configured to display a first screen of the plurality of screens; and

a controller configured to:

control the touch screen to display the set-up menu screen in response to a selection of a displayed menu icon;

control the touch screen to display a second screen of the plurality of screens in response to a first flicking input on the first screen, the second screen is determined based on a direction of the first flicking input, wherein the set-up menu screen stays unchanged while the first screen is changed to the second screen;

control the touch screen to display a temporary instant icon indicating an icon drop location corresponding to an application icon of the at least one application icon on at least the second screen or the set-up menu screen when the application icon is moved to the second screen according to a drag input on the application icon;

control the touch screen to display the second screen further including at least two 3-dimensional (3-D) blocks, each of the 3-D blocks comprising at least two icons;

receive a second flicking input on one of the at least two 3-D blocks;

control the touch screen to display another at least two icons in the one of the at least two 3-D blocks on which the second flicking input was received;

receive a deletion input on one of the at least two 3-D blocks, the deletion input including a long touch input; and

control the touch screen to remove the one of the at least two 3-D blocks on which the deletion input was received from the second screen.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of icons comprises plate-shaped 3-D icons.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the controller controls the temporary instant icon to be stored in the memory as corresponding to the second screen.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the application icon comprises a 3-dimensional (3-D) icon.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the set-up menu screen is displayed in a portion of the first screen.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the set-up menu screen and the first screen are displayed separately.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein a size of the temporary instant icon is different from a size of the application icon.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein a shape of the temporary instant icon is different from a shape of the application icon.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the application icon is displayed in the set-up menu screen after the temporary instant icon corresponding to the application icon is displayed on the second screen.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the touch screen to remove the temporary instant icon on the second screen when the application icon is returned to the set-up menu screen according to the drag input on the application icon.