Patent ID: 8239187

Claim:
A method of enabling input on a handheld electronic device having at least one processor and a display, comprising: generating, using the at least one processor, a number of character combination choices based on a first input; displaying on the display 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; and responsive to detecting a navigational input in said first direction, displaying on the display 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.