A touch screen apparatus and a method for operating the same

The invention provides a touch screen apparatus and a method for operating the same and relates to the technical field of electronics. The method for operating the touch screen apparatus comprises the steps that the touch screen apparatus receives a user command and the user command is identified; when the touch screen apparatus identifies that the user command is a mode switching command, the operation mode switching is performed, wherein the operation mode is a left hand operation mode, a right hand operation mode or a common mode. The invention also provides the touch screen apparatus. Through predefined or user-defined operation commands, the operation mode switching of the touch screen apparatus can be realized through a single hand, the key problem about single-hand operation of large-screen touch screen apparatuses is solved, single-hand operation is truly realized and the using experience of the large-screen touch screen apparatuses is greatly improved.