METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMM FOR GENERATING AN INVERSE SLIDING MENU FOR GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES

A method for displaying a menu on an electronic device, the method including the steps of generating a menu icon in the graphical user interface, receiving first touch information indicating that a first location associated with a surface area of the menu icon has been touched on the display, displaying a menu that is associated with the menu icon to show a plurality of menu items in the graphical user interface after receiving the first touch information, the menu being displayed at a first screen position, receiving second touch information that is different from the first touch information, the second touch information indicating that a second location has been touched on the display by a finger movement away from the first location, moving the menu in a direction that is inverse to a direction that points from the first touch position to the second touch position to reposition the menu at a second screen position, determining whether one menu item of the plurality of menu items lies at the first location, and highlighting the one menu item from the plurality of menu items based on a result of said determining.