Display mode determination method and recording medium

A display mode determination method for determining, by a computer configured to output a display control command to a device capable of displaying an image, a display mode of a plurality of handleable pieces of content, the display mode determination method comprising:

• selecting at least one piece of content from the plurality of handleable pieces of content as fixed display content, determining an order of the fixed display content and adding the fixed display content to a fixed display content group, designating all or a part of a remainder of the plurality of handleable pieces of content as movable display content, and determining an order of the movable display content and adding the movable display content to a movable display content group;
• designating a part or an entirety of the movable display content as a first movable display content group;
• setting, from among the movable display content, pieces of the movable display content that are not designated as the first movable display content group, as a second movable display content group;
• determining a display mode of each of the fixed display content included in the fixed display content group, the movable display content included in the first movable display content group, and second movable display content included in the second movable display content group;
• setting, in a part of a display region, a fixed display content display region for displaying the fixed display content group and a first movable display content display region for displaying at least a part of the first movable display content group;
• arranging, in the first movable display content display region, a plurality of pieces of the movable display content included in the first movable display content group in the order in a first direction, the plurality of pieces of movable display content being movable in a second direction opposite to the first direction while maintaining the order;
• in a case where at least a part of the movable display content included in the first movable display content group is outside the first movable display content display region in the second direction when moving the first movable display content group in the second direction within the first movable display content display region in response to an instruction of a user including a movement amount of the first movable display content group in the second direction, designating, as the movable display content belonging to the second movable display content group, an entirety or a part of the movable display content that is outside the first movable display content display region, adding the designated movable display content to the second movable display content group, removing the designated movable display content from the first movable display content group no later than an entirety of the designated movable display content is outside the first movable display content display region in the second direction, and setting a second movable display content display region for displaying at least a part of the second movable display content group;
• in a case where the movable display content included in the first movable display content group is added to a second movable display content group and the number of pieces of the movable display content belonging to the second movable display content group exceeds a predetermined number, designating, as movable display content belonging to a third movable display content group different from the second movable display content group, the movable display content belonging to the second movable display content group that is added to the second movable display content group earliest, and adding the movable display content to the third movable display content group;
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• further removing the movable display content added to the third movable display content group from the second movable display content group.