Operation console, control method thereof and image forming apparatus

An operation console provided on an apparatus that executes a plurality of processes, comprising:

• a display configured to display a display screen image including a first area on which a plurality of virtual keys corresponding to respective ones of said plurality of processes used to select any of said plurality of processes are displayed;
• a receiver configured to receive an input operation to said virtual keys;
• and
• a first display controller configured or programmed to be responsive to said receiver receiving said input operation, to display, on a second area different from said first area of said display screen image, an image representing contents of the selected process in a prescribed state;
• wherein
• said first area includes, for each said virtual key, an icon indicating contents of a process corresponding to said virtual key;
• and
• said first display controller, responsive to said receiver receiving said input operations, displays said image representing contents of the selected process larger than said icon corresponding to said virtual key.