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Computer-readable storage medium having object display order changing program stored therein and apparatus

  • US 8,276,093 B2
  • Filed: 08/20/2009
  • Issued: 09/25/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an object display order changing program for enabling a user to change, by using a switch input unit enabling a direction input, a display order in which a plurality of objects are displayed on a screen,the object display order changing program causing a computer to execute instructions comprising:

  • displaying a subset (m;

    m>

    1) of objects, among the plurality of objects, in an object display area on the screen in a predetermined display order so as to align the subset of objects along a first direction;

    scrolling, in the first direction, the plurality of objects so as to sequentially display each object at a specific position in the object display area, in accordance with an input in the first direction being made by using the switch input unit;

    saving, in a predetermined saving area, an object displayed at the specific position, among the subset of objects displayed in the object display area, when an input in a second direction different from the first direction is made by using the switch input unit;

    scrolling, when an input in the first direction is made by using the switch input unit while an object is saved in the predetermined saving area, all the plurality of objects other than the object saved in the predetermined saving area, across the specific position, in the first direction; and

    inserting, when an input, in the second direction, which is reverse to the input made during the saving in the predetermined saving area, is made by using the switch input unit while an object is saved in the predetermined saving area, the object saved in the predetermined saving area between two objects which are displayed adjacent to each other in the object display area so as to sandwich the specific position.

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