8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising detecting an input from a touch screen display as being the input from the multiple-axis input device.
1. A method of enabling input into a handheld electronic device having an input apparatus, an output apparatus, a processor, and having available therein a plurality of input method languages and a text disambiguation function that is structured to employ an operative one of the input method languages, the input apparatus having a number of input members including a multiple-axis input device, at least some of the input members each having assigned thereto a plurality of linguistic elements, the method comprising: detecting as an ambiguous input an actuation of one or more of the input members; employing an operative input method language to output, in response to the actuation of one or more of the input members, a plurality of selectable language objects that each comprise at least a portion of a language object that corresponds with the ambiguous input; outputting, in response to the actuation of one or more of the input members and at a location adjacent the plurality of selectable language objects, an indicator that provides the identity of the operative input method language being used by the text disambiguation function; detecting an input from the multiple-axis input device as being a selection input with respect to the indicator and, responsive thereto, enabling a selection of an alternate input method language as the operative input method language; and replacing the output indicator and the output plurality of selectable language objects to reflect a selection of the alternate input method language.