Patent ID: 7725835

Claim:
A method comprising defining a first display area, a second display area and a third display area that are substantially adjacent to each other in a first direction of a menu on a display of an electronic device, which menu comprises at least two function elements for selecting functions, defining at least a first identification part and a second identification part that are contained in each function element of the at least two function elements, wherein the first identification part comprises an image and the second identification part comprises textual information, displaying a first identification part of a first function element of the at least two function elements on the first display area in said first direction, and a first identification part of a second function element of the at least two function elements on the third display area in said first direction, and displaying the second identification part of each of the at least two function elements on the second display area between the first display area and the third display area in such a manner that a second identification part of the first function element and a second identification part of the second function element are aligned at least substantially next to each other in a second direction substantially perpendicular to said first direction such that the second identification part of the first function element and the second identification part of the second function element in combination occupy an amount of space that is substantially equivalent to an amount of space occupied by the first identification part of the first function element in said second direction and substantially equivalent to an amount of space occupied by the first identification part of the second function element in said second direction.