摘要 |
An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method provide a visual indication that a particular input routine from among a plurality of input routines is active on the handheld electronic device. The visual indication of the active input routine can be provided as a visual depiction on a display of the handheld electronic device or can be provided in other fashions. The visual indication can be disposed at a generally fixed location on the display or can be disposed in the vicinity of a movable cursor on the display, and can even take the place of the cursor. Such a visual indication can be provided for all of the various input routines that are activatable on the handheld electronic device or only for certain of the input routines.
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