Patent ID: 8296680

Claim:
A handheld electronic device comprising: an input component comprising a plurality of input members and a selection member; a display component; a memory storing a plurality of instructions; and a processor executing the instructions to: detect selection of at least one of the input members; display a selection window including a character assigned to the selected input member, a plurality of diacritics corresponding to the character, and a directional indicator between the character and one of the diacritics; receive via the selection member a first input indicating a preference for one of the displayed diacritics; determine an adjustment of the directional indicator has been made for the preferred diacritic in response to the first input; display in response to the determination the directional indicator between the character and the preferred diacritic, the directional indicator is indicative of a direction of selection or spatial reference corresponding to the preferred diacritic; receive via the selection member a second input for selecting the preferred diacritic; and display on the display component the selected preferred diacritic.