Patent ID: 7590946
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display an item list component including a display area and a vertical scroll indicator on a screen; an acquiring unit configured to acquire character strings to be displayed in the display area of the item list component when the vertical scroll indicator is displayed on a side of the item list component; a determining unit configured to determine whether one of the character strings acquired by the acquiring unit is identical to another one of the character strings acquired by the acquiring unit when the vertical scroll indicator is displayed on a side of the item list component; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the vertical scroll indicator on a top or bottom of the item list component so as to display longer character strings in the display area than the character strings displayed in the display area when the vertical scroll indicator is displayed on the side of the item list component in a case where the determining unit determines that one of the character strings is identical to another one of the character strings to be displayed in the display area when the vertical scroll indicator is displayed on a side of the item list component, and to display the vertical scroll indicator on the side of the item list component so as to display more character strings in the display area than the character strings displayed in the display area when the vertical scroll indicator is displayed on the top or bottom of the item list component in a case where the determining unit determines that none of the character strings is identical to another one of the character strings to be displayed in the display area when the vertical scroll indicator is displayed on a side of the item list component.