A method performed on an apparatus (100, 500) having a display panel, comprising: causing to be displayed in a display window a subset of a defined plurality of information items; causing to be displayed in a scrolling region, a scroll bar and a moveable element comprising a location indicator within the scroll bar, wherein the position of the location indicator within the scroll bar represents the position of the information item currently displayed in the display window, relative to a remainder of the information items which are not currently displayed in the display window; in response to a scrolling input, moving the moveable element within the scrolling region, along the scroll bar, and causing others of the plurality of information items to be displayed in the display window; causing to be displayed in the scrolling region in which the movable element is displayed a marker associated with one of the plurality of information items not currently displayed in the display window, the location of the marker relative to the moveable element indicating a direction of a scrolling input that would be needed to cause the said not currently displayed one of the information items to be displayed in the display window; the method being characterized by further comprising the steps: causing the marker currently displayed in the scrolling region, in which the movable element is displayed, to be graphically updated in response to an event associated with the said not currently displayed one of the information items, the updated marker being associated with the said not currently displayed one of the information items, wherein the event is an external event comprising a change in status of said one of the information items and initiated externally when said information item is not currently displayed in the display window, and causing the marker to be graphically updated comprises causing a change in the appearance of the marker when said information item is not currently displayed in the display window while the marker remains at its current location in the scrolling region. causing to be displayed in a display window a subset of a defined plurality of information items; causing to be displayed in a scrolling region, a scroll bar and a moveable element comprising a location indicator within the scroll bar, wherein the position of the location indicator within the scroll bar represents the position of the information item currently displayed in the display window, relative to a remainder of the information items which are not currently displayed in the display window; in response to a scrolling input, moving the moveable element within the scrolling region, along the scroll bar, and causing others of the plurality of information items to be displayed in the display window; causing to be displayed in the scrolling region in which the movable element is displayed a marker associated with one of the plurality of information items not currently displayed in the display window, the location of the marker relative to the moveable element indicating a direction of a scrolling input that would be needed to cause the said not currently displayed one of the information items to be displayed in the display window; the method being characterized by further comprising the steps: causing the marker currently displayed in the scrolling region, in which the movable element is displayed, to be graphically updated in response to an event associated with the said not currently displayed one of the information items, the updated marker being associated with the said not currently displayed one of the information items, wherein the event is an external event comprising a change in status of said one of the information items and initiated externally when said information item is not currently displayed in the display window, and causing the marker to be graphically updated comprises causing a change in the appearance of the marker when said information item is not currently displayed in the display window while the marker remains at its current location in the scrolling region. causing the marker currently displayed in the scrolling region, in which the movable element is displayed, to be graphically updated in response to an event associated with the said not currently displayed one of the information items, the updated marker being associated with the said not currently displayed one of the information items, wherein the event is an external event comprising a change in status of said one of the information items and initiated externally when said information item is not currently displayed in the display window, and causing the marker to be graphically updated comprises causing a change in the appearance of the marker when said information item is not currently displayed in the display window while the marker remains at its current location in the scrolling region.