Method for providing a user interface, in which - a genuine subset of a set having a large number of objects can be displayed by means of a control apparatus by a display device, - a graphical element is displayed which is used to present which subset is currently displayed by virtue of the relative position of a first graphical subelement, which is a marking, in relation to a second graphical subelement, which is a strip, and - an operator control process is used to alter the displayed subset, wherein the objects are divided into n disjunct subsets, where n is a natural number which is greater than 2, and wherein n positions are defined relative to the second graphical subelement, and the first graphical subelement is displayed only at one of these n positions if no operator control process for altering the subset is performed, wherein the positioning of the first graphical subelement on one of the n positions presents which of the n subsets is currently displayed, - wherein during the operator control process a swipe gesture in a direction on a touch-sensitive surface on a display panel of the display device is detected, - wherein the first graphical subelement is displaced smoothly relative to the second graphical subelement in the opposite direction to the direction of the swipe gesture by the operator control process, - wherein the second graphical subelement is divided into n segments (25, 26, 27) arranged at a distance from one another, and each segment (25, 26, 27) has one of the n subsets associated with it, - wherein following the conclusion of the operator control process the first graphical subelement is automatically converted into one of the n segments (25, 26, 27) of the second graphical subelement on the basis of the position of the first graphical subelement at the conclusion of the operator control process, so that the first graphical subelement is presented at one of the n positions in a form superimposed on a segment (25, 26, 27), the conversion taking place fluently following the conclusion of the operator control process, - wherein the objects are moved in the direction of the swipe gesture until the subset associated with the segment (25, 26, 27) is displayed, and - wherein the swipe gesture prompts the objects to be displaced smoothly. - a genuine subset of a set having a large number of objects can be displayed by means of a control apparatus by a display device, - a graphical element is displayed which is used to present which subset is currently displayed by virtue of the relative position of a first graphical subelement, which is a marking, in relation to a second graphical subelement, which is a strip, and - an operator control process is used to alter the displayed subset, wherein the objects are divided into n disjunct subsets, where n is a natural number which is greater than 2, and wherein n positions are defined relative to the second graphical subelement, and the first graphical subelement is displayed only at one of these n positions if no operator control process for altering the subset is performed, wherein the positioning of the first graphical subelement on one of the n positions presents which of the n subsets is currently displayed, - wherein during the operator control process a swipe gesture in a direction on a touch-sensitive surface on a display panel of the display device is detected, - wherein the first graphical subelement is displaced smoothly relative to the second graphical subelement in the opposite direction to the direction of the swipe gesture by the operator control process, - wherein the second graphical subelement is divided into n segments (25, 26, 27) arranged at a distance from one another, and each segment (25, 26, 27) has one of the n subsets associated with it, - wherein following the conclusion of the operator control process the first graphical subelement is automatically converted into one of the n segments (25, 26, 27) of the second graphical subelement on the basis of the position of the first graphical subelement at the conclusion of the operator control process, so that the first graphical subelement is presented at one of the n positions in a form superimposed on a segment (25, 26, 27), the conversion taking place fluently following the conclusion of the operator control process, - wherein the objects are moved in the direction of the swipe gesture until the subset associated with the segment (25, 26, 27) is displayed, and - wherein the swipe gesture prompts the objects to be displaced smoothly.