To assist users with common text input tasks, most devices provide several input modes, such as predictive or manual (triple tap or multi tap) text entry, or all number-only modes.

When Flash Lite is running in full screen mode, the device displays a letter A for alpha input mode and a number sign (#) for numeric input mode. When Flash Lite is not running in full screen mode, the device could draw an input mode indicator on a status bar or some other location on the display. For example, the following image shows the input mode indicator in non-full screen mode on the Series 60 stand-alone version of Flash Lite 2.1:

When the player is running in full-screen mode, the device may draw an input mode indicator to a location of its choice on the display. For example, the following figure shows the input mode indicator in full screen mode on the Series 60 stand-alone version of Flash Lite 2.1:

The input mode indicator for full screen applications shown in the previous figure is a reference implementation for the stand-alone Series 60 player. The specific indicator, if any, that appears is determined by the device.