User interface for customizing menus

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a memory and at least one processor which function as:

a registration unit configured to register a menu item in a menu having a hierarchical structure in accordance with a user operation, the menu being composed of a plurality of items; and

a display control unit configured to

(i) display a first-type item and a second-type item as options in a specific layer of the menu having the hierarchical structure,

(ii) perform control to display a first menu item in a first-type menu in a lower layer below a layer of the first-type item, the first menu item being used to register a menu item in the first-type menu using the registration unit, and/or to delete a menu item registered in the first-type menu by the registration unit, and

(iii) display a second menu item in a second-type menu, wherein the second-type menu is a different menu from the first-type menu, and not displayed based on selecting of a menu item in the first-type menu, in a lower layer below a layer of the second-type item, the second menu item being used for deleting a menu item that is in the first-type menu in the lower layer below the layer of the first-type item and that has been registered by the registration unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit performs control such that an item for deleting a menu item another menu is not displayed in the menu in the lower layer below the layer of the first-type item.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first-type item is provided in plurality as the options in the specific layer, and the second menu item is a menu item that is for simultaneously deleting menu items that are in menus in the lower layer below the layer of the plurality of first-type items and that have been registered by the registration unit.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit performs control to display, in the menu in the lower layer below the layer the second-type item, a menu item for adding the first-type item to the specific layer.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit performs control to display, in the menu in the lower layer below the layer of the second-type item, a menu item for deleting the first-type item in the specific layer.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit performs control to display, in the menu in the lower layer below the layer of the second-type item, a menu item for setting what menu is displayed when display of the menu having the hierarchical structure is started.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit performs control to display at least one of the following menu items as a menu in a lower layer below the layer of the first menu item:

a menu item for rearranging menu items registered by the registration unit in the menu displaying the first menu item;

a menu item for deleting, either simultaneously or on an individual basis, the menu items registered by the registration unit in the menu displaying the first menu item; and

a menu item for changing a title of the menu displaying the first menu item.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an image capturing unit, wherein the registration unit registers a menu item for configuring a setting related to image capture performed by the image capturing unit.

9. A control method of an electronic apparatus, comprising:

a registration step of registering a menu item in a menu having a hierarchical structure in accordance with a user operation, the menu being composed of a plurality of items; and

a display control step of

(i) displaying a first-type item and a second-type item as options in a specific layer of the menu having the hierarchical structure,

(ii) performing control to display a first menu item in a first-type menu in a lower layer below the layer of the first-type item, the first menu item being used to register a menu item the first-type menu in the registration step, and/or to delete a menu item registered in the first-type menu in the registration step, and

(iii) displaying a second menu item in a second-type menu, wherein the second-type menu is a different menu from the first-type menu, and not displayed based on selecting of a menu item in the first-type menu, in a lower layer below the layer of the second-type item, the second menu item being used for deleting a menu item that is in the first-type menu in the lower layer below the layer of the first-type item and that has been registered in the registration step.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as a registration unit and a display control unit of an electronic apparatus, wherein the registration unit is configured to register a menu item in a menu having a hierarchical structure in accordance with a user operation, the menu being composed of a plurality of items, and the display control unit is configured to

(i) displaying a first-type item and a second-type item as options in a specific layer of the menu having the hierarchical structure,

(ii) performing control to display a first menu item in a first-type menu in a lower layer below the layer of the first-type item, the first menu item being used to register a menu item in the first-type menu in the registration step, and/or to delete a menu item registered in the first-type menu in the registration step, and

(iii) displaying a second menu item in a second-type menu, wherein the second-type menu is a different menu from the first-type menu, and not displayed based on selecting of a menu item in the first-type menu, in a lower layer below the layer of the second-type item, the second menu item being used for deleting a menu item that is in the first-type menu in the lower layer below the layer of the first-type item and that has been registered in the registration step.