Image processing apparatus, display control method therefor, and recording medium

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a display control program stored thereon to make a computer of an image processing apparatus execute:

• identifying a position that a user points to in an icon display area on a display portion that is capable of:
• displaying in the icon display area, icons that correspond one to one with function buttons for calling out setting screens for setting functions installed on the image processing apparatus;
• displaying in a function button display area, function buttons that correspond one to one with some of the icons, which exist at the identified position;
• and
• displaying:
• the icons in the icon display area, the icons being organized in groups by function attribute;
• the function buttons corresponding to the icons existing at the identified position, in the function button display area, the function buttons being organized in groups by function attribute similar to the organization of the icons in the icon display area;
• and
• state information indicating the current state of at least one of the functions and/or attribute information indicating the current attribute of at least one of the functions, on/near a function button of the function and/or on/near an icon corresponding to this function button.

A display control method for an image processing apparatus comprising:

• identifying a position that a user points to in an icon display area on a display portion that is capable of:
• displaying in the icon display area, icons that correspond one to one with function buttons for calling out setting screens for setting functions installed on the image processing apparatus;
• being organized in groups by function attribute;
• displaying in a function button display area, function buttons that correspond one to one with some of the icons, which exist at the identified position;
• and
• displaying:
• the icons in the icon display area, the icons being organized in groups by function attribute;
• the function buttons corresponding to the icons existing at the identified position, in the function button display area, the function buttons being organized in groups by function attribute similar to the organization of the icons in the icon display area;
• and
• state information indicating the current state of at least one of the functions and/or attribute information indicating the current attribute of at least one of the functions, on/near a function button of the function and/or on/near an icon corresponding to this function button.