Image forming apparatus, method for controlling operation screen of image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a touch panel unit including a panel which serves as both an operation portion and a screen display portion;
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• a processor configured to execute:
• a standard menu screen control portion configured to, in response to a selection operation performed on the panel, cause the panel to display a standard menu screen among a plurality of standard menu screens for image processing;
• a shortcut menu screen output portion configured to, when a shortcut call operation is performed on the panel that is displaying the standard menu screen, display a shortcut menu screen over the standard menu screen;
• a shortcut processing portion configured to execute a process in response to an operation performed on the shortcut menu screen, the shortcut processing portion including:
• a shortcut icon addition processing portion configured to, when a predetermined icon addition operation is performed on the shortcut menu screen, add a shortcut icon to the shortcut menu screen and store first shortcut information into a first storage portion, the first shortcut information indicating correspondence between the added shortcut icon and the standard menu screen being displayed on the panel;
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• a first shortcut output portion configured to, when the shortcut icon is operated, cause the panel to display the standard menu screen that is associated with the operated shortcut icon, based on the first shortcut information;
• a gesture registration portion configured to, when a predetermined gesture registration operation is performed on the shortcut menu screen, store second shortcut information into a second storage portion in accordance with an operation performed on the panel, the second shortcut information indicating correspondence between the shortcut icon and a registration gesture operation that is a gesture operation registered by the predetermined gesture registration operation;
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• a second shortcut output portion configured to, when the registration gesture operation is performed on the panel that is displaying any of the plurality of standard menu screens, cause the panel to display the standard menu screen associated with the shortcut icon that is associated with the registration gesture operation, wherein
• the shortcut call operation is a predetermined gesture operation performed on the panel that is displaying the standard menu screen,
• the registration gesture operation is a gesture operation that is performed on the panel and is different from the shortcut call operation,
• the registration gesture operation includes at least six types of swipe operations of moving a touch position toward an inside of the panel, an origin of movement of the touch position being any of a plurality of sides and a plurality of corners of the panel, and
• the gesture registration portion and the second shortcut output portion execute processes by distinguishing among a plurality of swipe operations that have different origins.