Information processing apparatus and control method

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a display;
• a memory configured to temporarily store a program of an application;
• and
• a processor configured to perform control of displaying windows of the application on the display by executing the program of the application stored in the memory, wherein
• the processor is configured to perform:
• a screen layout change process of changing a layout of an area in which one or a plurality of the windows are displayable, within a screen area of the display,
• a storage process of storing position information for each window before the layout of the screen area is changed by the screen layout change process,
• a management process of managing a Z-order of the one or the plurality of windows arranged in the screen area of the display, and
• a window rearrangement process of rearranging the one or the plurality of windows in order according to the Z-order managed by the management process, when rearranging the one or the plurality of windows based on the position information for each window stored by the storage process, after the layout of the screen area is changed by the screen layout change process.