Method, apparatus, and computer program for scrolling a document on a touch panel

An apparatus comprising:

• a memory having computer-readable instructions;
• and
• a processor for executing the computer-readable instructions, the instructions including a method comprising:
• displaying a segment on a touch panel, the segment having a starting point and an end point corresponding to a first page and a last page, respectively, of a document, in response to a predetermined manipulation by a user;
• receiving an indication that the user has performed at least one of touching a point on the segment and sliding a point on the segment;
• scrolling the document to reach a page corresponding to the position of the point on the segment, in response to the indication;
• and
• scrolling, by a computer processor, the document on a page-by-page basis, in response to the user sliding the point in a direction perpendicular to the segment.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied thereon, the computer readable program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

• displaying a segment on a touch panel, the segment having a starting point and an end point corresponding to a first page and a last page, respectively, of a document, in response to a predetermined manipulation by a user;
• receiving an indication that the user has performed at least one of touching a point on the segment and sliding a point on the segment;
• scrolling the document to reach a page corresponding to the position of the point on the segment, in response to the indication;
• and
• scrolling the document on a page-by-page basis, in response to the user sliding the point in a direction perpendicular to the segment.