Mobile communications terminal and a method therefor

A method of operating a user interface of a mobile terminal having a display and a multi-way input device for navigating and selecting among information shown on said display, the mobile terminal being operable in a plurality of different contexts, the method comprising presenting, on said display, a graphical indication as representation of the multi-way input device if and only if the multi-way input device has a defined functionality in a current context.

A mobile terminal having a user interface formed by a controller, a display and a multi-way input device for navigating and selecting among information shown on said display, the mobile terminal comprising a plurality of software applications executable by said controller,

• said user interface having a first state, in which a graphical indication of said multi-way input device is presented on said display, and a second state, in which graphical indications for at least some of said plurality of software applications are presented on said display;
• said controller being adapted, in said first state, to detect a first predefined actuation of said multi-way input device, and in response switch to said second state;
• said controller being adapted, in said second state, to provide for navigation and selection, by said multi-way input device, among the graphical indications presented for said at least some of said plurality of software applications, wherein a selection of one of said presented graphical indications activates an associated one of said at least some of said plurality of software applications.