Graphical user interface

The invention relates to a method for controlling a household appliance (1) using a graphical user interface, the user interface comprising a touch-sensitive display (3) and a display control unit for controlling the touch-sensitive display, the method comprising the steps of: - displaying a first graphical representation on the touch-sensitive display (3), the first graphical representation comprising one or more symbols (V1, V2), each symbol (V1, V2) associated with an appliance subunit of the household appliance; - touching a symbol (V1, V2) by a touching means in order to change of a setting value of the appliance subunit associated with the touched symbol (V1) by moving the touching means; - determining the moving speed of the touching means by the display control unit (4); - displaying information at the touch-sensitive display depending on the determined moving speed of the touching means.