Method and Handheld Electronic Device for Displaying and Selecting Diacritics

A handheld electronic device comprising:

• an input component comprising a plurality of input members and a selection member;
• a display component;
• and
• a processor structured to cooperate with said input component and said display component to display at said display component;
• a first representation of a plurality of said plurality of input members, and
• at least one of:
• (a) a second representation of an activated one of said plurality of input members, (b) a third representation including a plurality of diacritics disposed about an activated one of said plurality of input members, and (c) a fourth representation including a plurality of diacritics disposed about an activated one of said plurality of input members, and a direction of selection between the activated one of said plurality of input members and one of said plurality of diacritics,
• wherein said processor is further structured to cooperate with said selection member to adjust said direction of selection, and to select one of said plurality of diacritics for display by said display component.