Patent ID: 6968215

Claim:
A portable communication terminal device comprising a first cursor shifting device for shifting a cursor in a first direction on a display screen and a second cursor shifting device for shifting the cursor in a second direction on said display screen; wherein an editing object specified by the cursor on said display screen is selected via a predetermined operation performed by said first cursor shifting device; wherein, during a mode of character input, said portable communication terminal device comprises: display means for displaying a predetermined candidate list on said display screen in response to an input; first allocating means for allocating said first cursor shifting device for shifting the cursor and selecting the editing object on said display screen; second allocating means for allocating said second cursor shifting device for shifting the cursor in a character-input screen on said display screen; and switching means for effecting, when said display screen changes to display only said character-input screen, a switching operation in which said first cursor shifting device and said second cursor shifting device are allocated to shifting of the cursor and selecting the editing object specified by the cursor in the character input screen, wherein said switching operation is executed in linkage with an operation for closing said candidate list off from said display screen, and wherein such a command for closing said candidate list is displayed as one of choices in said candidate list.