A mobile terminal comprising: a touchscreen display configured to display a scroll region extending in a first axial direction and having a scroll bar, the scroll bar being movable along the scroll region, and the touchscreen display further configured to display a view of a scrollable list of a plurality of messages, wherein a number of the messages are displayed at once and the displayed messages are disposed in the first axial direction; and a controller configured to perform at least one of a first function and a second function in response to a touch input received at the scroll region, the touch input comprising either a first touch action in the first axial direction or a second touch action in either a second or third axial direction, wherein the second and third axial directions, which are opposite to each other, are perpendicular to the first axial direction, wherein the first function is performed in response to the first touch action, the first function being scrolling the view and the first touch action being touching and moving the scroll bar in the first axial direction along the scroll region and the second function is performed in response to the second touch action, the second function differing from the first function, wherein the second function is to resize the view such that the view is enlarged in response to the second touch action in the second axial direction, and the view is reduced in response to the second touch action in the third axial direction, wherein when the view is enlarged, the number of messages displayed at once is reduced while more contents of each of the displayed messages are displayed and a font size of each of the displayed messages is maintained, and wherein both selecting any desired one of enlarging and reducing the view and selecting a specific portion of the list of messages which the view is resized centering on are performed together by applying the second touch action in any desired direction of the second and third directions at a specific portion of the scroll region corresponding to the specific portion of the list of messages. a touchscreen display configured to display a scroll region extending in a first axial direction and having a scroll bar, the scroll bar being movable along the scroll region, and the touchscreen display further configured to display a view of a scrollable list of a plurality of messages, wherein a number of the messages are displayed at once and the displayed messages are disposed in the first axial direction; and a controller configured to perform at least one of a first function and a second function in response to a touch input received at the scroll region, the touch input comprising either a first touch action in the first axial direction or a second touch action in either a second or third axial direction, wherein the second and third axial directions, which are opposite to each other, are perpendicular to the first axial direction, wherein the first function is performed in response to the first touch action, the first function being scrolling the view and the first touch action being touching and moving the scroll bar in the first axial direction along the scroll region and the second function is performed in response to the second touch action, the second function differing from the first function, wherein the second function is to resize the view such that the view is enlarged in response to the second touch action in the second axial direction, and the view is reduced in response to the second touch action in the third axial direction, wherein when the view is enlarged, the number of messages displayed at once is reduced while more contents of each of the displayed messages are displayed and a font size of each of the displayed messages is maintained, and wherein both selecting any desired one of enlarging and reducing the view and selecting a specific portion of the list of messages which the view is resized centering on are performed together by applying the second touch action in any desired direction of the second and third directions at a specific portion of the scroll region corresponding to the specific portion of the list of messages.