A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a touchscreen; and a controller configured to display a content screen on the touchscreen, receive a touch input to a first point on the touchscreen, held over a prescribed time, and then released from a second point, scroll the content screen by a prescribed scroll distance corresponding to a distance between the first point and the second point, and display a preview image for content at a scrolled point while the touch input is held.