INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT
First Claim
1. An information processing unit that displays icons selected when predetermined processing is designated on a screen of a display unit, comprising:
- a display control unit that causes an icon display area, in which a plurality of the icons related to each other are grouped, to be displayed andan operation unit that receives various operations by a user,wherein, when the operation unit inputs a command for expanding or contracting the icon display area in a one-dimensional direction which is the same as an arrangement direction of the plurality of the icons in the icon display area, the display control unit causes the icon display area to be expanded or contracted in the one-dimensional direction.
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Abstract
An information processing unit of the present invention includes a display control unit that causes an icon display area, in which a plurality of icons related to each other are grouped, to be displayed and an operation unit that receives various operations by a user. When the operation unit inputs a command for expanding or contracting the icon display area in a one-dimensional direction which is the same as an arrangement direction of the plurality of the icons in the icon display area, the display control unit causes the icon display area to be expanded or contracted in the one-dimensional direction. With such a configuration, the operability can be enhanced by shortening a time for searching for a desired icon.
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19 Claims
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1. An information processing unit that displays icons selected when predetermined processing is designated on a screen of a display unit, comprising:
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a display control unit that causes an icon display area, in which a plurality of the icons related to each other are grouped, to be displayed and an operation unit that receives various operations by a user, wherein, when the operation unit inputs a command for expanding or contracting the icon display area in a one-dimensional direction which is the same as an arrangement direction of the plurality of the icons in the icon display area, the display control unit causes the icon display area to be expanded or contracted in the one-dimensional direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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