Abstract: There is provided apparatus comprising a user interface for displaying a plurality of items. The apparatus is arranged: a) to receive at least one instruction, by which instruction or instructions, one or more of a plurality of items initially displayed on the user interface is or are categorized as an item or items to be hidden and the remaining one or more of the plurality of items initially displayed on the user interface is or are categorized as an item or items to be displayed; b) to receive an instruction to hide, from the user interface, the one or more items to be hidden; and c) to hide from the user interface, the one or more items to be hidden, such that the item or items categorized as items to be displayed are displayed on the user interface, and the item or items categorized as items to be hidden are not displayed on the user interface. In one preferred arrangement, the apparatus is an electronic device.

Abstract: There is provided a method for finding a particular item from a listing of items sorted by category, on a user interface. The user interface comprises a first portion showing the sorted listing of items and a second portion showing a listing of categories by which the items are sorted. The method comprises moving a visual marker through the listing of categories on the second portion of the user interface, those items in a given category showing on the first portion of the user interface at the same time as the visual marker passes over the given category on the second portion of the user interface; and moving the visual marker to the first portion of the user interface; and finding the particular item on the first portion of the user interface. There is also provided a user interface for finding a particular item from a listing of items sorted by category and an electronic device comprising such a user interface.