Simple item selecting method and electronic apparatus provided therewith

摘要

To provide an electronic apparatus (1) which allows a user to select a desired setting item easily on a menu screen for making settings of the electronic apparatus. A plurality of setting items (15) of the electronic apparatus (1) are divided based on predetermined classification and a plurality of icons (15) illustrating the classification are displayed. To improve viewability of the icons (15), icon frames (16) are used as backgrounds of the icons (15), and when the user selects an icon (15), a cursor (17) is used which explicitly specifies the icon being selected (15) and icon frame (16) by displaying them in a changed background color. Using these three components of the icons (15), icon frames (16) and cursor (17), the user can select a desired icon easily from among the icons (15) indicating the classification of many setting items of the electronic apparatus.