System and method for navigating in a display window

A mobile communications device, comprising:

• a display for displaying a displayed property sheet of a plurality of property sheets, each of the property sheets having a tab index and a layout defining a plurality of elements, wherein one of the plurality of elements in the displayed property sheet is a current active element;
• a memory component for storing said tab index of said displayed property sheet as a current tab index;
• two soft key buttons for initiating a soft key event;
• an operating system for detecting said soft key event;
• and
• a navigation module responsive to detection of said soft key event regardless of which of said plurality of elements is said current active element, the navigation module including components for (i) modifying said current tab index based on a soft key identifier of said soft key event to create an updated tab index;
• and (ii) instructing said display to display another property sheet said plurality of property sheets, the tab index of said another property sheet being equal to said updated tab index,
• wherein said soft key identifier is one of a left identifier and a right identifier;
• and
• wherein said modifying includes incrementing said current tab index if said soft key identifier is said right identifier and decrementing said current tab index if said soft key identifier is said left identifier.

A computer program product having a computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer executable instructions for navigating between a plurality of property sheets on a display of a mobile communications device, the mobile communications device having two soft key buttons, each of the property sheets having a tab index and a layout defining a plurality of elements, wherein one of the plurality of elements is a displayed property sheet, and one of the plurality of elements in the displayed property sheet is a current active element, the instructions comprising:

• instructions for storing said tab index of said displayed property sheet as a current tab index;
• instructions for detecting a soft key event;
• regardless of said which of said plurality of elements is said current active element,
• instructions for modifying said current tab index based on a soft key identifier of said soft key event to create an updated tab index;
• and
• instructions for displaying another property sheet of said plurality of property sheets on said display, said another property sheet having a tab index equal to said updated tab index;
• wherein said soft key identifier is one of a left identifier and a right identifier;
• and
• wherein said instructions for modifying include instructions for incrementing said current tab index if said soft key identifier is said right identifier and instructions for decrementing said current tab index if said soft key identifier is said left identifier.