Handheld electronic device having selectable input mode indicator and method therefor

摘要

A method of enabling the selection of a language to be employed as a method input language by a disambiguation routine of a handheld electronic device having stored therein a plurality of method input languages and disambiguation routine number, includes outputting an input mode indicator that indicates which one of the method input languages is currently employed by the disambiguation function as part of a current input mode and indicates another characteristic of the current input mode, enabling the input mode indicator to be selected, and enabling the current input mode to be changed in response to detecting a selection of the indicator.