Information processing apparatus equipped with touch panel type display unit, control method therefor, and storage medium

A control method for an information processing apparatus that has a display unit and displays an instruction setting menu for giving an instruction to execute a function corresponding to an operating object displayed on the display unit when a predetermined operation on the operating object by a user is detected, the control method comprising:

• a display control step of providing control such that the instruction setting menu is displayed at a predetermined display position set in advance with respect to a detected position at which the predetermined operation is detected on the display unit,
• wherein in the display control step, based on the detected position, the predetermined display position is switched to a position at which a characteristic part that represents a function corresponding to the operating object is not hidden by the instruction setting menu.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for an information processing apparatus that has a display unit and displays an instruction setting menu for giving an instruction to execute a function corresponding to an operating object displayed on the display unit when a predetermined operation on the operating object by a user is detected, the control method comprising:

• a display control step of providing control such that the instruction setting menu is displayed at a predetermined display position set in advance with respect to a detected position at which the predetermined operation is detected on the display unit,
• wherein in the display control step, based on the detected position, the predetermined display position is switched to a position at which a characteristic part that represents a function corresponding to the operating object is not hidden by the instruction setting menu.