Portable electronic device and method of controlling same

A portable electronic device, comprising:

• a display;
• and
• a processor in communication with the display, the processor configured to:
• display, on the electronic device's display, an information display region for displaying first information comprising webpage content;
• detect a first scrolling input having a direction towards a boundary of the information display region;
• in response to detecting the first scrolling input, displaying a first shutter adjacent to the boundary of the information display region;
• display, on the first shutter, a first shutter operator indicating a direction of movement of the first shutter away from the boundary of the information display region for display of a browser bar for receiving a uniform resource identifier;
• receive an input associated with the first shutter;
• display the browser bar in response to receipt of the input associated with the first shutter, the first shutter operator changing when the browser bar is displayed to indicate another direction of movement of the first shutter towards the boundary of the information display region for hiding the browser bar;
• display a virtual keyboard on the display with a second shutter adjacent to a further boundary of the information display region, the second shutter including a second shutter operator indicating a direction of movement of the second shutter;
• receive an input associated with the second shutter, the input associated with the second shutter comprising a scrolling input away from the further boundary of the information display region;
• hide the virtual keyboard in response to the input associated with the second shutter;
• and
• hiding the browser bar after receiving input data in the browser bar.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code which, when executed by a portable electronic device, causes the portable electronic device to perform operations comprising:

• displaying, on a display of an electronic device, an information display region for displaying first information comprising webpage content;
• detecting, by the electronic device, a first scrolling input having a direction towards a boundary of the information display region;
• in response to detecting the first scrolling input, displaying a first shutter adjacent to the boundary of the information display region;
• displaying, on the first shutter, a first shutter operator indicating a direction of movement of the first shutter away from the boundary of the information display region for display of a browser bar for receiving a uniform resource identifier;
• receiving an input associated with the first shutter;
• displaying the browser bar in response to receipt of the input associated with the first shutter, the first shutter operator changing when the browser bar is displayed to indicate another direction of movement of the first shutter towards the boundary of the information display region for hiding the browser bar;
• displaying a virtual keyboard on the display with a second shutter adjacent to a further boundary of the information display region, the second shutter including a second shutter operator indicating a direction of movement of the second shutter;
• receiving an input associated with the second shutter, the input associated with the second shutter comprising a scrolling input away from the further boundary of the information display region;
• hiding the virtual keyboard in response to the input associated with the second shutter;
• and
• hiding the browser bar after receiving input data in the browser bar.