Patent ID: 8452583
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling input on a handheld electronic device having at least one processor and a display, comprising: generating, using the at least one processor, a set of character combinations based, at least in part, on a first input; displaying on the display a variant component and a first visual separator, said variant component comprising a first subset of said set of character combinations, said first visual separator indicating the availability of a second subset of said set of character combinations in response to a navigational input in a first direction; and responsive to detecting a navigational input in said first direction, displaying on the display said second subset and a second visual separator having a first component and a second component, said first component indicating the availability of a third subset of said set of character combinations in response to a navigational input in said first direction, said second component indicating the availability of said first subset in response to a navigational input in a second direction.