Measuring instrument

A measuring instrument comprising:

• a main body casing;
• a detector provided on the main body casing and configured to detect an amount of stylus head displacement;
• a display provided on an outer surface of the main body casing;
• a plurality of key switches provided on the outer surface of the main body casing;
• a menu comprising a plurality of menu indicia provided on the outer surface of the main body casing and proximate the display;
• and
• a display controller configured to control the display, wherein the display comprises:
• a main display region;
• and
• a cursor display region arranged in a position alongside the plurality of menu indicia and configured to display a cursor pointing to the plurality of menu indicia,
• wherein the display controller is configured to:
• control the display such that a measured value based on the amount of displacement is displayed on the main display region, and such that the cursor is not displayed on the cursor display region when in a measurement mode where the detector detects the amount of displacement;
• and
• display the cursor so as to point to a selected menu indicium of the plurality of menu indicia when in a settings mode where measurement conditions are set.