Patent ID: 8005663

Claim:
A method of enabling input on a handheld electronic device, said handheld electronic device including an input apparatus and an output apparatus, said input apparatus having a plurality of input members and a navigational input member, said method comprising: detecting a first input; responsive to said detecting a first input, generating a number of character combination choices based on said first input; responsive to said generating, displaying a variant component and a first visual separator, said variant component comprising a first subset of said number of character combination choices, said first visual separator indicating the availability of a second subset of said number of character combination choices in response to a navigational input in a first direction, said first visual separator being located adjacent an end of said first subset; detecting a navigational input in said first direction; and responsive to said detecting the navigational input, displaying within said variant component said second subset and displaying a second visual separator having a first component and a second component, said first component indicating the availability of a third subset of said number of character combination choices 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, said first component being located adjacent a first end of said second subset, and said second component being located adjacent a second end of said second subset.