Patent ID: 8307307

Claim:
A method for operating a mobile electronic device having an active application for which a main window is displayed on a display, the method comprising the steps of: displaying at least two soft key icons; assigning an action of the active application to one of the at least two soft key icons: receiving a request to initiate the action of the active application from said one soft key icon; displaying a new window on the display in response to receiving said request; wherein displaying the new window comprises resizing said main window to accommodate said new window in response to receiving said request, and wherein the displaying of the new window includes maintaining said main window as a current active element for editing within said main window, including permitting further actions within said main window, wherein the permitted further actions comprise editing text within the main window; displaying a confirmation message in said new window to confirm proceeding with said action, wherein said soft key icons are displayed at a bottom portion of said display and said confirmation message is displayed adjacent and above said soft key icons; and modifying said at least two soft key icons including said one of the at least two soft key icons to display at least two updated soft key icons, said at least two updated soft key icons providing a first response and a second response to said confirmation message for selection by the user, wherein said first response is associated with confirmation of said action and said second response is associated with abandonment of said action.