To provide an ophthalmologic apparatus capable of intuitively performing an operation related to movement control of an eye characteristic acquiring section, and an operating method thereof.An eye characteristic obtaining unit that obtains an eye characteristic of the eye to be examined a driving unit that is provided in the base and that moves the eye characteristic obtaining unit in a predetermined axial direction with respect to the base A push / pull operation detection unit for detecting a push / pull operation for pushing or pulling at least one of the push / pull operation portion and the drive portion in the axial direction And a movement control unit that performs specific movement control that is a movement control of an eye characteristic acquisition unit associated with a specific operation pattern.(FIG.【課題】眼特性取得部の移動制御に係る操作を操作者が直感的に行うことができる眼科装置及びその作動方法を提供する。【解決手段】ベースと、被検眼の眼特性を取得する眼特性取得部と、ベースに設けられ、ベースに対して眼特性取得部を予め定めた軸方向に移動させる駆動部と、眼特性取得部及び駆動部の少なくとも一方を軸方向に押し操作又は引き操作する押し引き操作を検出する押し引き操作検出部と、押し引き操作検出部が検出した押し引き操作の特定の操作パターンに基づき、駆動部の駆動を制御して、特定の操作パターンに対応付けられた眼特性取得部の移動制御である特定移動制御を行う移動制御部と、を備える。【選択図】図15
