Electronic device with multi-tab menu item display

1. An electronic device being portable comprising:

a display configured to display a menu screen including menu items;

an operation receiver configured to receive a user operation on the menu screen; and

a controller configured to control the display according to the user operation via the operation receiver,

wherein the menu screen further includes:

first tab information indicating a category for classifying the menu items,

second tab information indicating a plurality of sub categories included in the category, and

third tab information indicating menu item set numbers with respect to the plurality of sub categories respectively, the menu item set numbers each being the number of sets into which menu items in one sub category are partitioned to be displayed on the menu screen, and

wherein the controller is configured to change menu items to be displayed on the menu screen, according to a user operation input via the operation receiver with the first, second, and third tab information displayed on the menu screen, the plurality of sub categories and the respective menu item set numbers being displayed simultaneously on the menu screen in a same view, and

wherein the operation receiver is configured to receive a user operation for selecting one sub category from the plurality of sub categories indicated by the second tab information, and

the displayed menu item set numbers in the same view include a menu item set number corresponding to the selected sub category and another menu item set number corresponding to an unselected sub category among the displayed sub categories in the same view.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

in a state where at least a part of menu items classified into one sub category out of the plurality of sub categories is displayed on the menu screen,

the third tab information displays a menu item set number for each of the one sub category and remaining sub categories in the plurality of sub categories.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the operation receiver is configured to receive a user operation for selecting one sub category from the plurality of sub categories indicated by the second tab information, and

wherein the controller is configured to

cause the menu screen to display at least a part of menu items classified into a selected sub category, and

control displaying the second tab information to specify the selected sub category.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein

in a case where the selected sub category is a sub category partitioned into a plurality of sets,

the display is configured to display a plurality of tabs each indicating a set in the plurality of sets further as the third tab information,

the operation receiver is configured to receive a user operation for selecting one tab from the plurality of tabs, and

the controller is configured to

cause the menu screen to display a menu item of a set indicated by the selected tab, and

control displaying the third tab information to specify a set indicated by the selected tab.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second tab information includes a plurality of icons each indicating a sub category in the plurality of sub categories,

wherein the icon with a corresponding sub category including sets of the menu items has an indicator for indicating the menu item set number, and

wherein the third tab information is configured by indicators of the plurality of icons.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the operation receiver is configured to receive a user operation on the icon, and

wherein for each input of a user operation on the icon, the controller is configured to cyclically switch a set of menu items to be displayed on the menu screen within the menu item set number indicated by an indicator of the icon.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the operation receiver includes a touch panel configured to receive a touch operation on the menu screen.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the electronic device is an imaging device configured to capture a subject image to generate image data, and

wherein the menu item includes an item related to a setting of the imaging device.