IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

[Objectives] A picture display apparatus (10) is realized that is capable of informing the user of how a border will change before actually implementing the change to the border. [Means to Solve Problems] There are provided: a synthesizing section (58) for synthesizing display areas to display a plurality of pictures on a single screen; a menu display section (28) for displaying a menu in which a list of options is displayed, the options enabling a user to select a change to be made to at least one of a number, shapes, relative sizes, and relative positions of the display areas and types of the pictures, so that the user can select from the options to switch to a corresponding screen arrangement; an icon display section (26) for displaying an icon indicating a border between the display areas in association with the options; and a border changing section (38) for updating the display areas according to a change in position of the border, wherein the icon display section (26) displays the icon indicating a result of the changes before the border changing section (38) updates the display areas according to the change in position of the border.