Patent ID: 8316317

Claim:
A method of assigning navigation functions to two soft key buttons of a mobile electronic device having a display, the assigned functions being indicated on the display, and utilising the soft key buttons to navigate between a plurality of property sheets on the display, each of the property sheets having a tab index and a layout defining a plurality of elements, wherein one of the plurality of 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: assigning navigation functions to the two soft key buttons for navigating between said plurality of property sheets, the navigation functions being indicated on the display in the vicinity of the buttons; storing the tab index of the displayed property sheet as a current tab index; detecting a soft key event; and regardless of which of said plurality of elements is the 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.