diff -r a47de9135b21 -r 6ceef9a83b1a fep/aknfep/inc/AknFepPluginManager.h
--- a/fep/aknfep/inc/AknFepPluginManager.h	Fri Mar 12 15:44:07 2010 +0200
+++ b/fep/aknfep/inc/AknFepPluginManager.h	Mon Mar 15 12:42:02 2010 +0200
@@ -528,6 +528,15 @@
      */     
     inline TBool IsInMenuOpen();
     
+    /**
+     * Get current plugin input mode even if current window is close.
+     * The function is defferent from PluginInputMode(), PluginInputMode() 
+     * return EPluginInputModeNone if current input window is closed
+     * 
+     * @since 5.0
+     * @return current plugin input mode
+     */      
+    inline TPluginInputMode CurrentPluginInputMode();
 private: 
 
     /**
@@ -1212,6 +1221,11 @@
     return iInMenu;
     }
 
+inline TPluginInputMode CAknFepPluginManager::CurrentPluginInputMode()
+	{
+	return iPluginInputMode;
+	}
+
 #endif //RD_SCALABLE_UI_V2    
 
 #endif // __AKN_FEP_PLUGIN_MANAGER__