Patent ID: 8782544

Claim:
A display control apparatus comprising: a specifying unit configured to specify a position on a display screen which is designated by a user's instruction; a first display control unit configured to cause a display screen to display information based on first and second positions which are specified by said specifying unit, the information indicating data to be displayed among a plurality of items of data; a determination unit configured to, in a case where said specifying unit specifies a third position on the display screen according to the user's instruction, determine whether the user's instruction for designating the third position is a predetermined instruction that is different from the user's instruction for designating the second position; a second display control unit configured to, in a case where said determination unit determines that the user's instruction for designating the third position is the predetermined instruction, cause the display screen to display data corresponding to the information displayed by said first display control unit, among the plurality of items; and at least one processor configured to function as at least one of said specifying unit, said first display control unit, said determination unit, and said second display control unit.