Abstract: An icon display controlling device includes an area displaying unit for causing a display to display a first display area within which an icon can be placed; a deleting mode switching unit for switching to a deleting mode that enables deletion of a second icon that has already been placed in the first display area, in response to performance of a predetermined operation for placing a first icon in the first display area; and an icon positioning unit for placing the first icon in the first display area upon deletion of the second icon in the deleting mode.

Abstract: An icon display controlling device includes a priority level setting unit that sets priority levels for each of a plurality of regions partitioned within a display area that can display a plurality of icons each having a display size, the plurality of icons including a first icon having a first display size and a second icon having a second display size that is larger than the first display size of the first icon; a display reducing unit that reduces the second display size of the second icon that is located in the display area, based on at least one of the priority levels; and an icon placing unit that places an additional icon into a vacated region of the plurality of regions within the display area that has been vacated through reducing the display size of the second icon.

Abstract: An icon display controlling device includes a priority level setting unit that sets priority levels for each of a plurality of regions partitioned within a display area that can display a plurality of icons each having a display size, the plurality of icons including a first icon having a first display size and a second icon having a second display size that is larger than the first display size of the first icon; a display reducing unit that reduces the second display size of the second icon that is located in the display area, based on at least one of the priority levels; and an icon placing unit that places an additional icon into a vacated region of the plurality of regions within the display area that has been vacated through reducing the display size of the second icon.

Abstract: An icon display controlling device includes an area displaying unit for causing a display to display a first display area within which an icon can be placed; a deleting mode switching unit for switching to a deleting mode that enables deletion of a second icon that has already been placed in the first display area, in response to performance of a predetermined operation for placing a first icon in the first display area; and an icon positioning unit for placing the first icon in the first display area upon deletion of the second icon in the deleting mode.

Abstract: An icon display controlling device includes: an area displaying unit that causes a display to display a display area within which a first icon can be placed; an operation receiving unit configured to receive a selecting operation for the first icon and a moving operation for moving, into the display area, the first icon that was selected by the selecting operation; and an image displaying unit that causes the display to display an image that shows the first icon at a predetermined placement position, determined in advance, within the display area, at a time within a first interval that extends from reception of the selecting operation by the operation receiving unit until immediately prior to movement of the first icon into the display area due to the moving operation.