Abstract: A method for displaying a menu on an electronic device, the method including the steps of generating a menu icon in the graphical user interface, receiving first touch information indicating that a first location associated with a surface area of the menu icon has been touched on the display, displaying a menu that is associated with the menu icon to show a plurality of menu items in the graphical user interface after receiving the first touch information, the menu being displayed at a first screen position, receiving second touch information that is different from the first touch information, the second touch information indicating that a second location has been touched on the display by a finger movement away from the first location, moving the menu in a direction that is inverse to a direction that points from the first touch position to the second touch position to reposition the menu at a second screen position, determining whether one menu item of the plurality of menu items lies at the first location,