Abstract: An electronic device disclosed herein includes a display unit and an operation unit. The display unit is configured to display a customized screen. The customized screen is configured to display a settings item area and a customized item area. The setting item area is configured to include a plurality of objects that corresponds to a plurality of settings items. The customized item area is configured to include one or more objects that correspond to one or more customized items selected by a user from among the plurality of settings items. The operation unit is configured to receive a customization operation from the user in which an object is selected from among the plurality of objects disposed in the settings item area and moved to the customized item area while the customized screen is being displayed in the display unit.

Abstract: A user-friendly electronic device is provided by getting icons shown on a display section. An electronic device according to the present invention is designed to operate adaptively according to a combination of settings of a plurality of options that are offered in order to allow the user to select his or her desired mode of operation. The device includes: an interface section to be manipulated by the user to change the settings; a display section that not only shows a number of icons symbolizing the plurality of options but also displays information about a currently exercised option represented by a chosen one of the icons; and a control section for controlling the display operation of the display section such that if the user has entered an instruction to change the settings of the currently exercised option through the interface section, information about the currently exercised option stops being displayed.