A method for activating and displaying a text input system on a display device, comprising: displaying a text input system activation target at a first location on the display device, wherein the text input system activation target is displayed at a first size and with a first appearance characteristic at least when a user input device hovers proximate to the first location, wherein the first location is changeable in response to user input; receiving a first user input directed to the text input system activation target; activating a text input system in response to the first user input; displaying a pre-interaction condition of the text input system activation target, wherein the pre-interaction condition includes a display condition in which a text input system activation target of a second size is visible, wherein the pre-interaction condition of the text input system activation target is displayed at least when a user input device is not sensed by a digitizer associated with the display device; receiving a second user input directed to the text input system activation target in the pre-interaction condition; characterised by the steps: changing an appearance of the text input system activation target from the pre-interaction condition to the first size in response to the second user input, wherein the first size of the text input system activation target is larger than the second size of the text input system activation target, wherein the appearance of the text input system activation target changes at least when a user input device hovers proximate to the text input system activation target in the pre-interaction condition, wherein the changing the appearance of the text input system activation target at least changes the activation target from the second size to the first size, and wherein the second user input is a user input device hover action proximate to the first location. displaying a text input system activation target at a first location on the display device, wherein the text input system activation target is displayed at a first size and with a first appearance characteristic at least when a user input device hovers proximate to the first location, wherein the first location is changeable in response to user input; receiving a first user input directed to the text input system activation target; activating a text input system in response to the first user input; displaying a pre-interaction condition of the text input system activation target, wherein the pre-interaction condition includes a display condition in which a text input system activation target of a second size is visible, wherein the pre-interaction condition of the text input system activation target is displayed at least when a user input device is not sensed by a digitizer associated with the display device; receiving a second user input directed to the text input system activation target in the pre-interaction condition; characterised by the steps: changing an appearance of the text input system activation target from the pre-interaction condition to the first size in response to the second user input, wherein the first size of the text input system activation target is larger than the second size of the text input system activation target, wherein the appearance of the text input system activation target changes at least when a user input device hovers proximate to the text input system activation target in the pre-interaction condition, wherein the changing the appearance of the text input system activation target at least changes the activation target from the second size to the first size, and wherein the second user input is a user input device hover action proximate to the first location. changing an appearance of the text input system activation target from the pre-interaction condition to the first size in response to the second user input, wherein the first size of the text input system activation target is larger than the second size of the text input system activation target, wherein the appearance of the text input system activation target changes at least when a user input device hovers proximate to the text input system activation target in the pre-interaction condition, wherein the changing the appearance of the text input system activation target at least changes the activation target from the second size to the first size, and wherein the second user input is a user input device hover action proximate to the first location.