Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same

A method of controlling a mobile terminal having a display, the method comprising:

• displaying, on the display, a first object in an execution screen for a first application;
• changing a state of the first object to a floating state in response to receiving a user input with regard to the first object, wherein the change of state permits the first object to be separated from the execution screen for the first application, and wherein the first object is associated with a first control operation for the first application;
• cause the display to terminate the displaying of the execution screen of the first application;
• displaying, on the display, the first object on an execution screen of a second application which is executed after the terminating of the displaying of the execution screen for the first application;
• and
• executing a second control operation associated with the first control operation in response to an input received with regard to the first object displayed on the execution screen of the second application.