1. A method of controlling an electronic device having a touch-sensitive display, the method comprising: detecting a touch at an area associated with a character displayed on the touch-sensitive display; adding the character to a character string; identifying, from stored data, objects that at least partially match the character string; determining a next character of ones of the objects identified to yield a set of next characters; increasing a size of an area associated with each character of the set of next characters; and in response to detecting entry of a space or a period that ends the character string, reducing the size of the area associated with each character of the set of next characters.
1. A method of controlling an electronic device having a touch-sensitive display, the method comprising: detecting a touch at an area associated with a character displayed on the touch-sensitive display; adding the character to a character string; identifying, from stored data, objects that at least partially match the character string; determining a next character of ones of the objects identified to yield a set of next characters; increasing a size of an area associated with each character of the set of next characters; and in response to detecting entry of a space or a period that ends the character string, reducing the size of the area associated with each character of the set of next characters. 10. The method according to claim 1 , comprising returning the size of the area associated with each next character of the set of next characters to a set size in response to entry of a return or enter function.