Communication terminal

A user interface for a handheld terminal, and comprising:

• a controller unit controlling said user interface;
• a first and a second operation key whose operation is controlled by the controller unit;
• a display;
• said terminal being capable of assuming a plurality of states in which the groups of predetermined operations that may be performed by pressing said operation key are defined by the controller unit in said plurality of states;
• said first operation key being dedicated by controller unit to perform one operation from said group of operations as a default function in dependence of the state assumed by the terminal;
• said display having a first area solely dedicated for displaying the present operation performed when pressing said first operation key;
• said second operation key being dedicated by the controller unit to give access to said group of operations being available in the state assumed by the terminal;
• a scroll key allowing the user to scroll between operations included in said group of actions available for said second operation key;
• and
• a selecting key for selection the highlighted operation when pressed.

A method of handling a user interface in a communication terminal, and where a controller unit controls said user interface including a first and a second operation key and a display, said communication terminal being capable of assuming a plurality of states in which the groups of predetermined operations that may be performed by pressing said operation key are defined by the controller unit in said plurality of states, and said method comprising:

• dedicating said first operation key to perform one operation from said group of operations as a default function in dependence of the state assumed by the communication terminal;
• displaying the present operation performed when pressing said first operation key in a first area solely dedicated therefor in said display;
• dedicated said second operation key to give access to said group of operations being available in the state assumed by the communication terminal;
• allowing the user to operate a scroll key for scrolling between operations included in said group of actions available for said second operation key;
• and
• allowing the user to operate a selection key for selecting the operation highlighted operation.

A communication terminal having a user interface, and comprising:

• a controller unit controlling said user interface;
• three operation keys whose operation is controlled by the controller unit;
• a display;
• said communication terminal being capable of assuming a plurality of states in which the groups of predetermined operations that may be performed by pressing said operation key are defined by the controller unit in said plurality of states;
• a first one of said three operation keys being dedicated by the controller unit to perform one operation from said group of operations as a default function in dependence of the state assumed by the communication terminal;
• said display having a first area solely dedicated for displaying the present operation performed when pressing said first operation key;
• a second one of said three operation keys being dedicated by controller unit to give access to said group of operations being available in the state assumed by the communication terminal;
• a scroll key allowing the user to scroll between operations included in said group of actions available for said second operation key;
• and
• a selection key for selecting the highlighted operation when pressed.

A communication terminal having a user interface, and comprising:

• a controller unit controlling said user interface;
• three operation keys whose operation is controlled by the controller unit;
• said communication terminal being capable of assuming a plurality of states in which the groups of predetermined operations that may be performed by pressing said operation key are defined by the controller unit in said plurality of states;
• a display having three areas solely dedicated for displaying labels presenting the present operation performed by said three operation keys in the state assumed by the communication terminal which also defines a bar across the display;
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• said controller dynamically adapts the width of each said three solely dedicated display areas in order to optimise the intelligibility of the displayed labels for the user.