Image forming apparatus including touch panel-type operation portion

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image forming portion configured to form an image on a recording medium;
• and
• an operation portion including a display portion that displays as an operation screen an image including icons each indicating information on image formation,
• the operation portion being configured to input the information on image formation by a first mode in which the operation portion detects a position of an instruction portion being in contact with a surface of the display portion or a second mode in which the operation portion detects a position of the instruction portion at a position away from the surface by a predetermined distance in a direction perpendicular to the surface,
• wherein
• the operation portion that is in the first mode displays as the operation screen a first image including the icons on the display portion,
• the operation portion that is in the second mode displays as the operation screen a second image different from the first image on the display portion, and
• a clearance between two of icons included in the second image displayed as the operation screen on the display portion in the second mode is wider than a clearance between two of the icons included in the first image displayed as the operation screen on the display portion in the first mode.