Patent ID: 7607105

Claim:
A method for navigating between a plurality of property sheets on a display of a mobile communications device, each of the property sheets having a tab index and a layout defining a plurality of elements, wherein one of the plurality of property sheets is a displayed property sheet, and one of the plurality of elements in the displayed property sheet is a current active element, the method comprising the steps of: assigning navigation functions to two soft key buttons; storing said tab index of said displayed property sheet as a current tab index; detecting a soft key event; regardless of which of said plurality of elements is said current active element, modifying said current tab index based on a soft key identifier of said soft key event to create an updated tab index; and displaying another property sheet of said plurality of property sheets on said display, said another property sheet having a tab index equal to said updated tab index; wherein said soft key identifier is one of a left identifier and a right identifier; and wherein said step of modifying includes incrementing said current tab index if said soft key identifier is said right identifier and decrementing said current tab index if said soft key identifier is said left identifier.