US Patent 10222903 Display control apparatus and control method thereof

A display control apparatus, in a case where, in a state where a plurality of display objects are arranged in close proximity to each other on a display unit, a touch operation on an extended area that is adjacent to a first display area of a first display object and that is provided so as to overlap a portion of a second display area of a second display object, is detected, and a first touch operation in which a touch operation is performed at a plurality of locations is detected in the extended area, controls such that processing in the first display area that is based on the first touch operation is performed.