1. A mobile terminal comprising: a housing including a front side, a rear side and a plurality of lateral sides; a touchscreen located on the front side of the housing, configured to display at least one touch-executable object, and including a predefined edge region; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to preempt execution of a function corresponding to a particular object of the at least one touch-executable object if a first touch of the particular object is detected in the predefined edge region of the touchscreen, wherein the at least one touch-executable object is displayed by the touchscreen according to an execution of an application, and wherein the controller is further configured to preempt the execution of the function corresponding to the particular object only if the executed application is of a certain type.