Image forming apparatus

An in-body sheet discharge type image forming apparatus having an image forming portion and an image reading portion that is arranged above the image forming portion, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• a sheet discharge tray provided between the image forming portion and the image reading portion, the sheet discharge tray including a sheet placement surface onto which a recording medium having been formed with an image by the image forming portion is discharged;
• and
• an operating panel provided on a front side of the sheet discharge tray, the operating panel including a display that displays one or more keys that receive an input operation, wherein
• the operating panel is arranged below the sheet placement surface of the sheet discharge tray;
• and
• a part of the operating panel overlaps with the recording medium discharged onto the sheet placement surface of the sheet discharge tray.