Form input/output apparatus, form input/output method, and program

A form input/output method performed by a form input/output apparatus that includes at least a touch panel, a display, a storage, and a processor, wherein:

• the storage stores region definition data that defines a touch region such that the touch region is associated with a display region that is displayed, as an input item of a form to which a touch input is capable of being made, on the display, the touch region being a region capable to recognize that a touch input is made to the input item;
• the method includes
• a touch region changing step of dynamically changing the touch region in accordance with a priority of the input item,
• a touch input controlling step of performing control such that at least the input item is displayed on the display and a touch input is made to the input item via the touch panel by a user,
• an input determining step of, when a position to which a touch input is made in the touch input controlling step is within the touch region that is changed in the touch region changing step, determining that an input is made to the input item,
• a priority setting step of setting a priority of an input item to which an input has not been made to be higher than a priority of an input item to which an input has already been made, and
• an enlarging step of, when a long press, which is a predetermine operation, is performed on the touch region, enlarging and displaying the display region;
• the touch region changing step, the touch input controlling step, and the input determining step are performed by the processor;
• content displayed by the display region prior to the change of the touch region and content displayed by the display region after the input made to the input item are different from each other;
• and
• the input item includes a check box or a radio button.

A non-transitory tangible computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program that is executed by a form input/output apparatus that includes at least a touch panel, a display, a storage, and a processor, wherein:

• the storage stores region definition data that defines a touch region such that the touch region is associated with a display region that is displayed, as an input item of a form to which a touch input is capable of being made, on the display, the touch region being a region capable to recognize that a touch input is made to the input item;
• the program causes the processor to execute
• a touch region changing step of dynamically changing the touch region in accordance with a priority of the input item,
• a touch input controlling step of performing control such that at least the input item is displayed on the display and a touch input is made to the input item via the touch panel by a user,
• an input determining step of, when a position to which a touch input is made in the touch input controlling step is within the touch region that is changed in the touch region changing step, determining that an input is made to the input item,
• a priority setting step of setting a priority of an input item to which an input has not been made to be higher than a priority of an input item to which an input has already been made, and
• an enlarging step of, when a long press, which is a predetermine operation, is performed on the touch region, enlarging and displaying the display region;
• content displayed by the display region prior to the change of the touch region and content displayed by the display region after the input made to the input item are different from each other;
• and
• the input item includes a check box or a radio button.