5. The user interface of claim 1 , further comprising: an expanded-candidate-window toggle that when selected toggles a presentation of an expanded candidate window that is able to present the one or more recognition candidates, the one or more combination candidates, and one or more additional combination candidates that are not presented in the candidate window.
1. A user interface presented by a computing device having a processor, a memory, and a handwriting input device, the user interface comprising: an input window associated with the handwriting input device and configured to one or more of receive a handwriting input and toggle a handwriting input panel for receipt of a handwriting input; a candidate window that includes a recognition display state and a prediction display state, the candidate window in the recognition display state presenting one or more recognition candidates and one or more combination candidates that include a first recognition candidate from the one or more recognition candidates followed by a prediction candidate, the prediction candidate being determined based on the first recognition candidate and one or more of a user's input history and a lexicon of phrases, and the candidate window in the prediction display state presenting one or more second prediction candidates associated with a selected one of the recognition candidates and combination candidates; and an edit field that displays a text string that includes one or more of the recognition candidates, the prediction candidates, and second prediction candidates.