Handheld electronic device including toggle of a selected data source, and associated method
View Patent ↗A method for enabling input into a handheld electronic device having at least three selectable languages available thereon includes detecting a predetermined input a number of times and switching a selected language between one of the three selectable languages and another of the three selectable languages wherein the another language is an immediately preceding selected language.
1. A method for enabling input into a handheld electronic device, the method comprising:
detecting a predetermined entry of input elements during data entry in a data entry screen;
in response to the detecting, outputting representations of a plurality of selectable languages without exiting a data entry screen;
detecting a single additional input; and
automatically changing a default operative language of the device to an alternative operative language if the single additional input is determined to be a selection of a key associated with a linguistic element.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising detecting as the predetermined entry a selection of a first input element followed by a selection of a second input element.
3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising detecting as the predetermined entry a press-and-hold selection of a first input element and a selection of a second input element.
4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising detecting as the predetermined entry a press-and-release selection of a first input element and a selection of a second input element.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the alternative operative language is an immediately preceding operative language.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein outputting representations of the plurality of selectable languages includes displaying the representations.
7. An electronic device comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor executing the instructions to perform the steps of:
detecting a predetermined entry of input elements during data entry in a data entry screen;
in response to the detecting, outputting representations of a plurality of selectable languages without exiting a data entry screen;
detecting a single additional input; and
automatically changing a default operative language of the device to an alternative operative language if the single additional input is determined to be a selection of a key associated with a linguistic element.
8. The electronic device of claim 7 , the processor executing the instructions to perform the further step of detecting as the predetermined entry a selection of a first input element followed by a selection of a second input element.
9. The electronic device of claim 7 , the processor executing the instructions to perform the further step of detecting as the predetermined entry a press-and-hold selection of a first input element and a selection of a second input element.
10. The electronic device of claim 7 , the processor executing the instructions to perform the further step of detecting as the predetermined entry a press-and-release selection of a first input element and a selection of a second input element.
11. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the alternative operative language is an immediately preceding operative language.
12. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein outputting representations of the plurality of selectable languages includes displaying the representations.
13. A tangibly embodied non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method comprising:
detecting a predetermined entry of input elements during data entry in a data entry screen;
in response to detecting the predetermined entry, outputting representations of a plurality of selectable languages without exiting the data entry screen;
detecting a single additional input; and
automatically changing a default operative language of the device to an alternative operative language if the single additional input is determined to be a selection of a key associated with a linguistic element.
14. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , the method further comprising detecting as the predetermined entry a selection of a first input element followed by a selection of a second input element.
15. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , the method further comprising detecting as the predetermined entry a press-and-hold selection of a first input element and a selection of a second input element.
16. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , the method further comprising detecting as the predetermined entry a press-and-release selection of a first input element and a selection of a second input element.
17. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the alternative operative language is an immediately preceding operative language.
18. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein outputting representations of the plurality of selectable languages includes generating instructions to display the representations.