Patent ID: 8225211

Claim:
A display control apparatus, comprising: a number of items determining unit which determines the number of selection items to be simultaneously displayed in an item selection list on an operating screen based on a selection of a button on the operating screen; a position determining unit which determines an upper end position of the item selection list on the operating screen to be a position so that a part of the selection items in the item selection list is displayed in a direction inverse to a normal extending direction of the selection item list with a position of the selected button as a reference based on a comparison of the number of the selection items to be simultaneously displayed with the displayable number of selection items on the operating screen; a generating unit which generates the item selection list on the operating screen based on the determined position; and a displayable number of items calculating unit which calculates the displayable number of the selection items in the item selection list on the operating screen based on a displayable range of the selection items on the operating screen and a height of each selection item.