Electronic device, control method thereof, and recording medium

A control method for controlling an electronic device, the control method comprising:

• detecting a gaze point, which is based on line-of-sight of a user viewing, on a display unit;
• and
• performing control to display an indicator on the display unit to indicate the gaze point detected by the detecting on the display unit and, in response to an operation performed on an operation unit by the user, to display a display item at the gaze point detected by the detecting,
• wherein in a case where a setting to keep displaying the indicator, even in a case where an operation is performed on the operation unit by the user, is set, control is performed, in response to an operation performed on the operation unit by the user, to display the display item at the gaze point detected by the detecting over the indicator, and
• wherein in a case where a setting not to display the indicator in response to the operation is performed on the operation unit, the electronic device performs control, in response to the operation performed on the operation unit by the user, not to display the indicator which has been displayed before the operation is performed on the operation unit and to display the display item at the gaze point detected by the detecting.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for an electronic device, the control method comprising,

• detecting a gaze point, which is based on line-of-sight of a user viewing, on a display unit;
• and
• performing control to display an indicator on the display unit to indicate the gaze point detected by the detecting on the display unit and, in response to an operation performed on an operation unit by the user, to display a display item at the gaze point detected by the detecting,
• wherein in a case where a setting to keep displaying the indicator, even in a case where an operation is performed on the operation unit by the user, is set, control is performed, in response to an operation performed on the operation unit by the user, to display the display item at the gaze point detected by the detecting over the indicator, and
• wherein in a case where a setting not to display the indicator in response to the operation is performed on the operation unit, the electronic device performs control, in response to the operation performed on the operation unit by the user, not to display the indicator which has been displayed before the operation is performed on the operation unit and to display the display item at the gaze point detected by the detecting.